Shirtless Putin: Still weirdly unnerving

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The Russian prime minister is back with another set of action photos — the shot above is from his recent vacation in Siberia. It’s not the first time he’s done this. Vladimir Putin in 2007 made the world uncomfortable, self-conscious and oddly quiet with a series of shirtless fishing photos.

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