- Title: Russia's Putin takes Siberian hiking break with top security chiefs
- Date: 27th August 2018
- Summary: REPUBLIC OF TYVA, RUSSIA (AUGUST 25-26, 2018) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, ALONG WITH DEFENCE MINISTER, SERGEI SHOIGU, AND OTHER ASSOCIATES HIKING IN SIBERIAN WILDERNESS PUTIN SEATED ON FALLEN TREE PUTIN PICKING UP AND EATING BERRIES PUTIN WALKING VARIOUS OF PUTIN IN MOTOR BOAT WILD GOAT / PUTIN ON MOTOR BOAT WATCHING THEM PUTIN IN MOTOR BOAT MOVING AL
- Embargoed: 10th September 2018 19:04
- Keywords: Russian President Vladimir Putin Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Russian wilderness hiking Siberia Republic of Tyva Tuva Region
- Location: REPUBLIC OF TYVA, RUSSIA
- City: REPUBLIC OF TYVA, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0018UYQKHZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Kremlin released several official photographs and video material on Monday (August 27) showing Russian President Vladimir Putin taking a hiking holiday in Siberia with his defense minister and the head of the Federal Security Service, the FSB.
The footage shows the 65-year-old Putin in a khaki outfit and hat, carrying binoculars and trekking poles, hiking in forested mountains and enjoying a boat ride on the Yenisei river in the Tuva region of southern Siberia.
Previous outdoor snapshots of Putin on holiday, including images of him fishing and sunbathing shirtless, appear intended to demonstrate his robust physical health and vigor as he wrestles with the affairs of state.
Putin took the break on his way to the Siberian city of Kemerovo, a coal mining hub, where he attended a meeting with government officials and top managers of energy companies on Monday. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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