Not that the 54-year-old President was fazed by any of the comments. Father of two daughters, Putin has always maintained an image of machismo. He has been shown on television driving a truck, on a submarine, co-piloting a fighter jet, and running a train.
Natural, perhaps, in a nation that adulates its Olympians and where sports is a byword for excellence. If only it was the same with India as well!
Image: President Putin puts in his hours at the gym
Photograph: Courtesy the Presidential Press Service
Also read: An Indian in St Petersburg
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