21 Photos Of Vladimir Putin That Will Melt Your Heart
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However, he also appears to have a gentler side — one that he loved to show off in publicity shots. This gentler Putin loves children, animals and fun.
Which is the real Putin?
He has time for young fans ...
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Russian
President Vladimir Putin talks to four-year-old heart transplant
recipient Vera Smolnikova in Moscow's Kremlin June 29, 2012.
... greeting them in the street ...
... and enjoying tea with them.
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Russian
President Vladimir Putin pours tea for Sonya, 8, a patient of the
Rogachev Federal Research and Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology,
Oncology and Immunology during her visit to the Kremlin May 9, 2012. .
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He loves animals.
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Russia's
President Vladimir Putin lies on the snow during a walk with dogs in
Moscow Region, March 24, 2013. Putin walked with Bulgarian shepherd and
Akita Inu breed of dogs, according to RIA Novosti news agency. Picture
taken March 24, 2013.
The two dogs here are an Akito-Inu called Yume (front), and a Bulgarian Shepherd called Buffy.
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Russia's
President Vladimir Putin walks with dogs in Moscow Region, March 24,
2013. Putin walked with Bulgarian shepherd and Akita Inu breed of dogs,
according to RIA Novosti news agency. Picture taken March 24, 2013.
Buffy was a gift from Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov.
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Russia's
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hugs a Bulgarian shepherd dog, after
receiving it as a present from Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov
(not seen) in Sofia, November 13, 2010. Putin is in Bulgaria on a one
day working visit.
He loves creatures of all shapes and sizes ...
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Russia's
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits an agricultural exhibition at
Russia's Exhibition Centre in Moscow October 11, 2008. REUTERS/RIA
Novosti/Alexei Druzhinin/Pool (RUSSIA)
From elks ...
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Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin feeds a young elk at the national park
'Losiny Ostrov' (Elk Island) in northeast Moscow, June 5, 2010.
... to dolphins ...
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Russia's
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin feeds a Beluga whale named Dasha as he
visits Chkalov island, 700 kilometres (440 miles) northeast of the city
of Khabarovsk, July 31, 2009. Putin, a judo black belt who last year
shot a tiger, on Friday demonstrated his softer side by donning a wet
suit and tagging a whale. Picture taken July 31, 2009. REUTERS/RIA
Novosti/Kremlin/Alexei Nikolsky
... and tigers.
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Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin strokes a tiger cub at his Novo Ogaryovo
residence outside Moscow October 9, 2008. The two-and-a-half month old
female tiger was presented to Putin on his birthday and will soon
resettle to a zoo, Russian media reported. Picture taken October 9,
2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (RUSSIA)
He's always joking.
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EU
Commision President Manuel Barroso (L) and Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin address reporters in Moscow February 6, 2009. The
European Union met Russia on Friday for their first high-level talks
since a price dispute between Moscow and Ukraine led to the most serious
disruption to European gas supplies for years.
He enjoys visiting schools ...
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) visits a craft class at a school in Moscow, November 10, 2010.
... and attending graduations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the concert School Leaver-2004 in the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, June 25, 2004.
In his spare time he likes to read ...
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Russia's
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) visits the 23rd Moscow International
Book Exhibition Fair, September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei
Druzhinin
... socialize with friends ...
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Russian
President Vladimir Putin (L) toasts with famous dancer and
choreographer Igor Moiseyev on Moiseyev's 100th birthday at his home in
Moscow January 22, 2006. Moiseyev established his own folk dance group
in 1937, which has since toured the world.
... go bowling ...
REUTERS/RIA Novosty/Kremlin (RUSSIA).
Russian
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov (L) watches President
Vladimir Putin bowls in the town of Vilyuchinsk, on the Far Eastern
Kamchatka peninsular, September 5, 2007.
... and play piano.
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Russian
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plays on a piano during his visit to the
Theatre of Nations in Moscow September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Alexei
Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Pool
The Kremlin has tried to portray something of a bromance between Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and current prime minister.
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Russia's
President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin play
badminton, as Medvedev's golden retriever Aldo runs over the court,
during their meeting in the official vacation residence of Bocharov
Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, August 14, 2009.
Here they are fishing.
REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin enjoy
fishing on the river Volga in Russia's Astrakhan region August 16, 2011.
Picture taken August 16.
Many people believe these images are cynical photo opportunities.
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Russia's
President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc
Gyurcsany (R) dance at a festival of Finno-Ugric culture in the central
city of Saransk some 550 km (342 miles) east of Moscow July 19, 2007.
Picture taken July 19, 2007.
Still it does seem somewhat genuine sometimes, like when he cried after winning re-election last year.
REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky
Russia's
current Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin wipes
tears as he addresses supporters during a rally in Manezhnaya Square
near the Kremlin in central Moscow March 4, 2012. Vladimir Putin won a
resounding victory in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, exit
polls showed, securing a new six-year term in the Kremlin and a mandate
to deal with opposition protests after a vote that opponents said was
marred by fraud.
The other side of Putin...
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Russia's
President Vladimir Putin walks with a rifle in southern Siberia's Tuva
region August 15, 2007. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/KREMLIN
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