Vladimir Putin isn’t afraid to get hands-on!
The Russian Prime Minister at the weekend frolicked with an endangered snow leopard that had been injured in the valleys of central Siberia, according to reports.
The animal is the official mascot of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The cat is called “Mongol” by local scientists who rescued
it after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of poachers.
it after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of poachers.Putin broke a business trip to Russia’s Far East to visit it in the Khakassia region some 3,500 km (2,000 miles) east of Moscow.
“The prime minister decided to look at the study of snow leopards,” a statement on official site premier.gov.ru said, adding that Putin sped to the nature reserve on a snow mobile.
The snow leopard which Putin called his “symbolic choice” for the 2014 Games he is largely responsible for securing came top with 28 percent of votes in a live broadcast on state TV to choose the mascots.
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