Vladimir Putin posing “topless” in the mountains of Siberia in August 2009. Photo: AP
The Russian president, Vladimir Putinhe responded to Western leaders who mocked his athletic feats by saying this would seem “disgusting” if they tried to emulate their shirtless appearances.
Putin made the comment during a visit to Turkmenistan early Thursday when asked about Western leaders’ jokes about him at the G7 summit.
As they sat down to speak, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson joked that G7 leaders they could take off their clothes for “shows that we are tougher than Putin” amid the tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.
Putin, on horseback with bare skin. Photo: Alexey Druzhinin / AFP
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joked that Western leaders might try to compete with images of Putin shirtless in a “bare-chested horse show,” one of his widely publicized athletic adventures by the Russian president.
“A disgusting sight”
Speaking to reporters, Putin replied that, unlike him, Western leaders they abuse alcohol and do not play sports.
“I don’t know how they would like to undress, above or below the waist,” she said. “But I think so it would be a disgusting sight in any case”.
Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the G7. Photo: Reuters
He stressed that to look good “it is necessary stop abusing alcohol and other bad habits, exercise and sports ”.
patient and confident
In a note published this Thursday, New York Times warns Putin’s change of mind in recent days, unlike the first month of the war in Ukraine when he seemed tense, angry and even disoriented.
“He spent days out of the public eye, threatening the West with nuclear attacks and lashing out at the Russians against war as ‘scum'”, states the article signed by Anton Troianovski.
Putin speaks to the media during his visit to Turkmenistan. Photo: AP
“But in June – he adds- a new Putin has emerged, just like her pre-war image: relaxed, patient and confident.
In a meeting with young people, he casually compared himself to Peter the Great, the first emperor of Russia.
A frequent phenomenon
Vladimir Putin is not alone in showing his power in quirky postcards. He not only he posed shirtless on horseback. he saw it swim in icy waters and fly with geese.
Kim Jong rides a white horse in a stunning landscape of snow-capped mountains. Photo: Reuters / file
Another leader who usually does real photographic productions to show his power almost as if he were a deity, he is the secret dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un. He has also been seen in various photographs on horseback as a fairy tale hero.
He was seen in the videos, always in the saddle a white horsesymbol of the dynastic rule of his family.
The location chosen for the shooting is not accidental either. He was seen with his wife riding on Mount Paektu, a symbol of his dynasty and a place he frequents before making decisions.
Clarin editorial staff with information from the Associated Press and the New York Times
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