G7 leaders poke fun at Putin’s shirtless horseback riding propaganda
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Leaders at the G7 Summit were mocking a photo of Russian president Vladimir Putin riding a horse through the Siberian wilderness, wearing only pants, boots and sunglasses.
G7 leaders gathering to discuss turning up the pressure on Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine are also taking aim at the Russian president’s penchant for taking off his shirt.
The leaders were getting ready for a group photo when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked whether they should take their jackets off.
Video from the event in Germany shows him joking that, “We all have to show that we’re tougher than Putin.”
“We’re going to get the bare-chested horseback riding display,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau replied.
“Oh yes,” said Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, “Horseback riding is the best”
Any search for images of the Russian leader is bound to turn up the famous photo of him riding a horse through the Siberian wilderness, wearing only pants, boots and sunglasses.
The Kremlin has released a series of official photos over the years of Putin carrying a rifle, feeding a horse, holding a fish, swimming, relaxing by a lake — all without a shirt. There’s video of him being pulled through the water by two dolphins.
The photos have even been included in his official calendar, in what many observers believe is an attempt to sell an image of a macho, tough leader.
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