Putin's black
belt move
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Putin showing his judo skills |
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin is known for his political maneuvers. Now, everyone can check out his moves in another area of expertise: judo.
Putin, a black belt, said on Friday that he and Yasuhiro Yamashita, a world and Olympic judo champion from Japan, have made an instructional video together.
Putin co-authored a judo manual several years ago. His physical fitness helped build his popularity among Russians after years with the hard-drinking and chronically ill Boris Yeltsin, who died in April, as president. |