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Vladimir Putin's televised heroics – in pictures

Vladimir Putin: at a biker festival
A black-clad Vladimir Putin rides into a biker festival with Alexander Zaldostanov, leader of the Night Wolves biker gang, in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin: fishing with Medvedev
Enjoying a spot of fishing with the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, on the river Volga Photograph: RIA Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: armwrestling contest
An armwrestling contest at a summer camp run by the Nashi youth group at Lake Seliger in Russia's Tver region. It is not known who won Photograph: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin: Greek urns
Putin emerges from the Black Sea with two suspiciously unmossy ancient Greek urns Photograph: RIA Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: Karelia monastery
Looking like he means business, Putin visits a monastery in Karelia in north-west Russia Photograph: RIA Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: Yenisei river
In a classic of the genre, Putin poses during a fishing trip on the Yenisei river in Siberia in 2007 Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: horseriding in Siberia
Russia's prime minister chose not to drop the all-action image while on holiday in the south of Siberia in 2009 Photograph: Alexsey Druginyn/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin: butterfly technique
As comfortable in water as on horseback, Putin demonstrates his butterfly technique in a lake in Siberia's Tuva region in 2009 Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: co-pilot
You can also add co-piloting a jet to Putin's remarkable portfolio of skills, as this photo of him flying over forests in Ryazan region demonstrates Photograph: Alexei Nikolsky/AP
Vladimir Putin: tagging a tiger
Doing his bit for endangered species, Putin attaches a satellite transmitter to a tiger during a visit to the Ussuriysky forest reserve in 2008 Photograph: Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin: inspecting a catch
Putin inspects his catch during an expedition to the Ubsunur Hollow biosphere preserve in Siberia Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters
Vladimir Putin: riding a Harley-Davidson
Easy rider: Putin takes to a Harley-Davidson Lehman trike after a meeting in 2010 with motorcyclists at a camp near Sevastopol in the Crimea peninsula Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/Getty Images
Vladimir Putin: carrying a hunting rifle
And finally, an undated snap of Putin carrying a hunting rifle on a trip to the Tuva republic
Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
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