[release](Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin donned skates for an ice hockey training session on Friday in the latest in a series of stunts which help to keep his approval ratings high.
Putin, who has hinted he may run for the presidency in March 2012 elections, regularly seeks to portray his physical fitness. A black belt in judo, he has been shown barechested on horseback and swimming butterfly across a Siberian river.
On Friday he took part in a 40-minute session with two teenage ice hockey teams, emerging from a Moscow rink sweating and breathing heavily.
"It is ... a very energy-consuming sport, and from my point of view, it is less traumatic than football," Putin, 58, told reporters.
Putin said he had last tried skating in his youth and did not like it. "My legs went apart at once and I decided this sport was not for me, but now I like it very much," he said.[/release]
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"It's an exciting and energetic sport," said Putin as he left the stadium, perspiring. "It reminds me of mountain skiing, it's less traumatic than soccer."[/quote]
Daily dose of Putin.
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-russia-putin-hockey-idUSTRE73E7JP20110415[/url]
Let's see Obama do this!
He's awesome.
Hockey erryday
Putin is what every president should be
Bet Putin ran them all over.
He's probably a typical Russian on the ice: Run over it now, ask questions never.
[editline]15th April 2011[/editline]
But seriously, the thought of the most dangerous politician in history coming at you on ice is scarier than being trapped in a bear's cave.
i wonder how the other players felt playing hockey with putin
their shit got real
"Hey Vladimir! Try and get the puck into my goal!" young Artyom(only name I could think of, lol) exclaimed.
Putin stared at the boy, with the most utmost amount of fire and bear blood in his eyes. The boy screamed in terror, skated for his life, and Putin scored the winning goal of the practice.
"Don't worry! I'll be running for prime minister in 2012! Ha Ha Ha!"
Cool, so he's great at making good publicity. Can we have a Putin article on something that isn't a publicity stunt?
[QUOTE=Rubs10;29203629]Cool, so he's great at making good publicity. Can we have a Putin article on something that isn't a publicity stunt?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but Putin. etc
Whatever you gotta do for high approval ratings.
Vladimir was just Putin those kids in their place with his superior Russian hockey skills.
Maybe some day the USA will have another badass politician. It's been a very long time :frown:
He was sure Putin a lot of goals into the net
He's a blackbelt, a horseback rider, a swimmer and now a hockey player?
:damn:
[QUOTE=alphatwo;29203955]He's a blackbelt, a horseback rider, a swimmer and now a hockey player?
:damn:[/QUOTE]
He's also a helicoptor pilot.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;29204123]He's also a helicoptor pilot.[/QUOTE]
And a politician.
[QUOTE=toaster468;29204190]And a politician.[/QUOTE]
And a boss.
Good for him, but shame that Russia isn't hasn't really improved in the past 10 years
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;29204449]Good for him, but shame that Russia isn't hasn't really improved in the past 10 years[/QUOTE]
ITT: Jelly cos we aren't a boss like Putin
Eh, it's a fake article anyway.
I would [b]not[/b] want to play hockey with him. Just imagine what would happen to you if you pissed him off.
Putin is like modern day russian Teddy Roosevelt in terms of badassery levels.
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;29203448]Putin is what every president should be[/QUOTE]
I'll assume you meant that as a joke in passing.
Although if you are serious, you don't know whats going on in Russia while he was in charge, past and present.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29204408]And a boss.[/QUOTE]
And a singer
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4IjHz2yIo[/media]
Putin [i]can[/i] a bro, at times.
[QUOTE=alphatwo;29203955]He's a blackbelt, a horseback rider, a swimmer and now a hockey player?
:damn:[/QUOTE]
And he doesn't just have his henchmen kill dissenting journalists, he does it himself!
How nice of him.
Man so badass he plays hockey!!!
Wow what a cool guy.
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