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Images: Putin's 'daredevil' stunts which were all staged!

FP Staff September 14, 2012, 14:25:00 IST

Russia’s President Vladmir Putin has admitted that his adventure stunts which included posing with a tiger cub and riding a horse bare-chested were in fact staged. A look at some of his ‘crazy adventures’.

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I don't just go paragliding, I do it with Geese. Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia.AP

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It's just a polar bear: Vladimir Putin (R) assists in polar bear research during his visit to Alexandra Land on Franz Josef Land in the far north of Russia. Reuters

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It's not enough to do horse riding, I must do it bare-chested to prove that I'm the ultimate man in Siberia: Vladimir Putin seen riding a horse while traveling in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva),  Russia, during his short vacation. AP

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I don't prefer dogs, am more of a cats person, the big ones:  Vladimir Putin shows a tiger cub to journalists at his Novo Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. Reuters

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Hey guess what I found while scuba diving? Vladimir Putin carries artifacts he recovered whilst diving at an archaeological site off the Taman peninsular in southern Russia . Reuters

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