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Putin shows off his workout style
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The Kremlin has released pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin working out at the gym with Prime Minister Dmiry Medvedev, images apparently aimed at shoring up Putin\'s rugged, masculine image as his popularity dips.
The Kremlin has released pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin working out at the gym with Prime Minister Dmiry Medvedev, images apparently aimed at shoring up Putin's rugged, masculine image as his popularity dips.
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Wearing a white T-shirt, track suit trousers and running shoes, Putin is shown on muscle-building apparatus in a publicity stunt that recalled previous shots of him shirtless riding a horse, flying a supersonic jet and hunting a tiger.
Putin's approval ranking has been dented by a sluggish economy and free-falling rouble whose value has halved since last year due to a decline in the oil price and Western sanction over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.
After their workout, at Putin's Black Sea's residence of Bocharov Ruchei, near Sochi, the two politicians were shown on television grilling meat and having tea, adding to the healthy and wholesome picture.
Putin's rating remains very high by Western standards. A poll, published on Friday in business daily Vedomosti by the Public Opinion Foundation, showed 72 per cent of Russians would have voted for Putin in August, down from 76 per cent in May.
According to polling organisation the Levada Center, Putin's approval rating was 61 per cent in November 2013, the lowest since 2000 when he was first elected President, but it surged above 80 per cent early last year as Russians rallied around his actions over Ukraine.
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