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New Putin's DVD Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin has been surprising the world audience with unique, unexpected, entertaining, and somewhat bizarre events. All of them seem to be innocent and welcomed by the media. This week, Putin announced a release of a DVD "Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin.” The privately produced DVD is the product of collaboration between Putin — a black belt — and other judo enthusiasts, including former World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita. On Tuesday, Vladimir showed off his favorite 56th-birthday present – a young tiger cub. Just a few weeks ago, Vladimir Putin was filmed shooting a wild 5-year-old female tiger with a tranquilizer, petting the animal, and putting a GPS-tracking collar on her. He was visiting a wildlife preserve in Russia's Far East and participated in a federal program to track the rare cats, also known as the Siberian, Amur, or Manchurian tiger. In 2004, Mr. Putin co-published a book “Judo: History, Theory, Practice.” Putin and his tiger cub (Photo by AP) Follow the extended post for pictures, videos, and articles describing the recent doings of the Russian Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin. ...
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New Putin's DVD Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin has been surprising the world audience with unique, unexpected, entertaining, and somewhat bizarre events. All of them seem to be innocent and welcomed by the media. This week, Putin announced a release of a DVD "Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin.” The privately produced DVD is the product of collaboration between Putin — a black belt — and other judo enthusiasts, including former World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita. On Tuesday, Vladimir showed off his favorite 56th-birthday present – a young tiger cub. Just a few weeks ago, Vladimir Putin was filmed shooting a wild 5-year-old female tiger with a tranquilizer, petting the animal, and putting a GPS-tracking collar on her. He was visiting a wildlife preserve in Russia's Far East and participated in a federal program to track the rare cats, also known as the Siberian, Amur, or Manchurian tiger. In 2004, Mr. Putin co-published a book “Judo: History, Theory, Practice.” Putin and his tiger cub (Photo by AP) Follow the extended post for pictures, videos, and articles describing the recent doings of the Russian Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin. ...