Armed, Half-Naked Putin Excites Gays, Gun-Owners

SPIEGEL ONLINE ^ | August 31, 2007 | jtw/spiegel/ap

[OneHun]

Photos of a shirtless Vladimir Putin on vacation in Siberia have stirred numerous debates and set hearts aflutter. But some of the photos of him taken on the same trip -- topless and with a rifle -- were only made available to the Russian media.

[OneHun]

Putin appears in this photo from the Russian tabloid Argumenty i fakty. The shirtless photo was not released to foreign media sources.

[goldstategop]

John Kerry looked phony; Putin looks convincing as a hunter.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[bannie]

Does he ever wear clothes?

He seems to be a bit too proud a’ hisse’f.

[sinanju]

Pooty and his fellow siloviki are Al Capone crude.

That said, I can’t help wondering what rifle he favors.

[Last Dakotan]

Mus’ not have any mosquitoes there...

[Rastus]

What a strange headline. Gays must be desperate enough to tap feet in a stall if that’s doing something for them.

[decal]

What does that caption, “Nskii Pokhod Pryezid,” mean?

[miliantnutcase]

Something tells me he knows how to use that thing too...

[elhombrelibre]

He needs to work out; he looks flabby.

[Wiz]

I would like to see a fight between Putin and Rambo

[Rastus]

It's what the alien robots said when they landed:


                     "Nskii pokhod pryezid."

[therut]

I have always thought he is cute. The half neked picture has not changed my mind. He also seems a little dangerous. I like dangerous men hummmmmmmmmmmmm!! wonder if he is mysterious also?.

[VR-21]

"I can’t help wondering what rifle he favors."

I was wondering too. It's obviously European make from the curved comb on the buttstock.

[LeoWindhorse]

Putin is a judoku

[Westlander]

"Nskii pokhod pryezid."

[Perdogg]

He needs a bro, or manbra.

[familyop]

LOL!

[beaversmom]

I couldn't put my finger on it, but I think I finally figured out what was bothering me about Pootie poot's chest--I don't see any hair. I don't like male chests without hair. I don't like ape chests, but no hair looks too womanish to me.

That's why the Fitness Made Simple guy has always given me the creeps. No hair--makes him look like he has "he-hooters". Too homosexual looking--not attractive to a woman.

[VR-21]

Aren’t you the guy who arrested Craig?

[familyop]

That photo...that’s just wrong!

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, he’s a former KGB man, so he’s very mysterious, like most secret policemen.

[JennysCool]

[1066AD]

Yes, amazing. The one time I was in that general vicinity it was risky to even take a leak, no kidding !!

[Ronin]

I wonder what he’s hunting... dissidents or peasantry

[Aruchu]

Serfs, hunting serfs.

[jonascord]

What's bothering you is the pose. Pootie is sucking it in. He is pulling in his stomach and bracing his shoulders like a New York accountant on Miami Beach.

Perhaps this German poofter thinks it's sexy, but this pose is as phony as the idea of a regenerated Soviet Union.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Am I the only one here who’s wondering why on Earth Putin is hunting without a shirt? You’d think he’d get scratched up by the brush, brambles, etc. (Do they have chiggers in Russia?)

[Horatio Gates]

Am I the only one here who’s wondering why on Earth Putin is hunting without a shirt?

Could depend on what your huntin' fer.

Good question though...

[MediaMole]

Putin looks convincing as a hunter.

He looks like he just gave some political prisoners 10 minutes to run before he will start to track them.

[pawdoggie]

John Kerry looked phony; Putin looks convincing as a hunter.

Maybe it's that good KGB sniper training that makes him look more threatening. Mussolini loved to run around bare-chested as well.

[gnarledmaw]

"I can’t help wondering what rifle he favors."

KBP MTS-19?

[ozzymandus]

He looks like an armed thug to me.

[ozzymandus]

You’d think he could afford a good rifle, like a Sako. The Russians may have supressed the photo because it’s not a Russian rifle.

[gnarledmaw]

Maybe not...

Maybe...

Los-9-1?

[Humidston]

He’s trying to prove he’s a manly-man and not a sick twisted NAMBLA type.

I vote he’s a perv after seeing how he pulled that child’s shirt up and kissed his little belly a few months ago. Remember how that Russian (who was poisoned by KGB) said Putin was a pervert? HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.

[ozzymandus]

I would definitely say Pootie has some serious mental issues.

[Minutemen]

Such poise and confidence!

[FreedomCalls]

I couldn't put my finger on it, but I think I finally figured out what was bothering me about Pootie poot's chest--I don't see any hair.

He waxes.

[Finny]

Putin looks creepy.

[freekitty]

I think he just wants to get a tan.

[Cindy]

He doesn’t excite AMERICAN gun owners.

[whatisthetruth]

Who or what the hell is that?

[skepsel]

Smerdy=peasants/serfs. If she wasn’t pulling my leg a fiend that was a Russian language major in college told me it translates as “stinkards or stinkers. Which tells me something about the historical status of serfs!

[whatisthetruth]

Photos of a shirtless Vladimir Putin on vacation in Siberia have stirred numerous debates and set hearts aflutter

Hearts aflutter? Why? LOL!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

He needs to wear a bro. Maybe Kramer can sew one up for him with the old russian flag print on it.

[wardaddy]

aside from his being the current head of the evil empire....i like the guy

he sure takes it to the oligarchs and the muzzies....at least the ones in those bunches he doesn’t like

i don’t mind his nationalism as long it doesn’t mean silos pointed my way anymore

[wardaddy]

He’s 54...not too shabby

[wardaddy]

I vote he’s a perv after seeing how he pulled that child’s shirt up and kissed his little belly a few months ago

that's not perverted with a toddler...

[vertolet]

"Тувинский поход президента" = "Tuvinian hike of the president"

[Rummenigge]

Lol - and which ‘thing’ do you mean ?