Vladimir Putin cares. 03.06.2010.

Vladimir Putin cares. 03.06.2010.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, he of the action man physique and wearing a red monogrammed jacket, visited Franz Josef Land, exercised by the plight of the polar bear as the Arctic world shrinks at a rate of knots due to global warming.

He shook the paw of a sedated bear and urged it to 'be healthy'.

President Putin last year called a halt to the annual seal cull in the Russian White Sea region and is a strong but caring ruler.

Putin shakes the paw of
White Russian, brings the Russian
Bear in from the cold.

Vlad. the campaigner,
bareback rider, calls cull off,
cares for polar bears.