Riding a bear was just the opening act.
After your initial comment, I’m inclined to believe you are right. However, there is a collection of Putin’s most egomaniacal photo ops on Youtube, & it opens with the bear pic. Granted it doesn’t have many views, but if it were definitely a photoshop, wouldn’t either the video’s poster or a commenter note that?
Also, isn’t it a little odd that the original pic of Putin galloping a horse across that same body of water hasn’t surfaced? Usually after a photoshop reaches a certain level of notoriety, the original pic is either revealed or located/unearthed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-l-pv9DcnI
Isnt’ it just a tad gullible to accept anything posted on social media as genuine?
Riding a bear was just the opening act.