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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #220 on: November 26, 2008, 01:31:29 am »
Hey! Who you callin' "pretty"?  ;)   ;)   ;)   :D


hey, I was just saying what PUTIN is thinking..

you know what ELSE he is saying??

Can your lil Hollywood guy have ten warships off the coast of Australia in under a week? HUH??

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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #221 on: November 26, 2008, 08:15:21 am »
hey, I was just saying what PUTIN is thinking..

you know what ELSE he is saying??

Can your lil Hollywood guy have ten warships off the coast of Australia in under a week? HUH??

Hmmm, I'll need to confirm that with my spook in MI6!   8)

Probably unlikely, as they would be coming from the UK!   ???
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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #222 on: November 26, 2008, 08:27:26 am »
Hmmm, I'll need to confirm that with my spook in MI6!   8)

Probably unlikely, as they would be coming from the UK!   ???

You know some people say POWER is the ultimate aphrodisiac....

(and Vlad's got that)

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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #223 on: August 05, 2009, 06:19:42 pm »
For Kerry.....(There is also a video as well at the original link Kerry!  :P)





 Putin's action-man holiday album

By James Rodgers
BBC News

The Tuva holidays of Vladimir Putin - the title of a summer blockbuster film?

The name of a thriller about an ex-KGB officer just trying to enjoy a quiet life, but who keeps getting drawn back to solve problems which defeat everyone else?

No, but there might be something to that…

It is actually the headline which the website of one of Russia's leading news agencies, Ria Novosti, put above a selection of official photographs of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin enjoying a summer break in a remote region of Siberia.

Mr Putin is shown standing on a rocky mountain slope; resting in the branches of a tree; swimming in a river; riding a horse.

In most of the photos, he wears military-style clothes and boots. In the equestrian shots, he is shirtless.

In a country where most men do not live until the age of 60, Mr Putin stands out as an example of someone who has looked after himself.

Smoking and drinking are big factors in Russia's low male life expectancy.

Mr Putin will be 57 in October. He looks in better physical shape than many Russian men 20 years his junior.

His media team want to make sure that message - like Mr Putin's chest - does not remain hidden.

The implication, obviously, is that he knows how to look after the country too.

To anyone fed up with their father/husband/boss dragging himself out of bed, or going to work so hung over he does not really know what he is doing, these pictures say: "At least there is one man who is in control".

Lost in translation

That is important for the prime minister, whose main task is to steer Russia through the storms of economic crisis.

It also serves as a reminder that he has in no sense become less active since ending his time as president.

The suggestion is that he would be in good shape to go back to the top job in 2012 if that is the way things turn out.

The Kremlin either does not know, or does not care, how these pictures will be seen by some people in the West.

The photographs of a bare-chested Mr Putin riding a horse through mountain scenery may of course put some people more in mind of a recent Hollywood film about gay cowboys.

That is not the message these pictures, and those of previous years, send out to the majority of Russians.

In Russia, they reinforce Mr Putin's image as a man many men aspire to be, and - as a recent pop song suggested - many women aspire to be with.
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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #224 on: August 05, 2009, 07:22:15 pm »
Thanks for posting those great pics of Vlad, Kelda, and the article too. Not bad for an ole KGB agent! As it says in the article, most Russian men 20 years younger don't look that good!  :laugh:

Speaking of special agents, I am addicted to the BBC television series "Spooks." This is the link:


Do you watch it? My favourite character is MI5 Senior Case Officer Lucas North, played by actor Richard Armitage (pant!).  :D


Richard Armitage as MI5 Senior Case Officer Lucas North


Richard Armitage - Sigh!
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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #225 on: August 05, 2009, 08:29:23 pm »
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The photographs of a bare-chested Mr Putin riding a horse through mountain scenery may of course put some people more in mind of a recent Hollywood film about gay cowboys.

What a trip that they tied Brokeback into this.  The guy seems so vain, but if he's out there setting a good example in terms of taking care of oneself, that's a good thing I guess.

Of course with his photos all over the web, there's the usual snarkiness...  comments like, "that guy should be Putin his shirt back on."   

::)  :laugh:

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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #226 on: August 06, 2009, 04:48:00 am »
Cal watches it but I dont really but seen a few episodes and its quite clever!
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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #227 on: July 10, 2010, 02:49:38 am »

Is it suddenly very hot in here or is it just me?    :P

Quick, somebody hand me a fan!    ;)    ;D




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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #228 on: July 11, 2010, 01:15:50 pm »
Is it suddenly very hot in here or is it just me?    :P

Quick, somebody hand me a fan!    ;)    ;D






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Re: Vladimir Putin . . . is it just me?
« Reply #229 on: July 11, 2010, 01:18:22 pm »
No, it isn't just you.  ;)
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