Putin! ooh, la la!

[Fenian_Bastard]

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/what-was-vladimir-thinking/20070822142109990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Next Month -- The Men Of The KGB.

 

[Perry White]

Fortunately, our President does not appear half naked in public

Photos of bare-chested Putin create stir
...few could have predicted the squall of gossip and speculation that erupted after the president stripped off his shirt for the cameras while vacationing in the Siberian mountains last week.

The resulting images, prominently enshrined on the presidential Web site, inspired admiration, criticism and some racing pulses among his admirers.
...
The tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda on Wednesday published a huge color photo of the bare-chested president under the headline: "Be Like Putin." Its excuse? A guide showing exactly what exercises were required to build up a torso like the Russian leader's.
...
One radio talk show host speculated the photos were meant to enhance Putin's personal appeal to voters — a strong signal that he doesn't plan to relinquish power. When the commentator, Yevgeniya Albats, went on to suggest the half-naked photo shoot was unbecoming for a Russian leader, female listeners peppered her with e-mails expressing admiration for Putin's physique.

Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that women who visited its Web site posted comments on Putin's "vigorous torso" and said they "were screaming with delight and showering (him) with compliments."

Russian gay chat rooms and blogs were particularly intrigued by the photos: Some claimed that Putin, by stripping to his waist, was somehow pleading for more tolerance of homosexuality in Russia — where gays and lesbians are for the most part forced to remain closeted.

One satirical photo circulating on the Internet jokingly compared Putin's mountain adventure with Prince Albert II of Monaco to the movie "Brokeback Mountain," a love story about two cowboys who conceal a homosexual affair.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_eu/putin_s_image

 

[Football_Bat]

Lemme guess ... 36B?

 

[Boomer7]

The October issue of Pasty Dictators should sell like hot cakes.

 

[Bubbler]

Alexander Nevsky he's not. More like Alexander Pudgsky!

[/dip****E!-typesiftheywereRussian]

 

[joe]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_re_eu/putin_s_image

JDV?

 

[sportschick]

JDV has at least a C cup. Putin's a small B . . .