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MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is flexing his muscles again, this time in an instructional martial-arts video. A montage on Russian television of the white-robed prime minister body-slamming opponents accompanied the release of the video, “Let’s Learn Judo With Vladimir Putin,” in Putin’s hometown, St. Petersburg, on Tuesday.
The video is part of a growing media library highlighting the 56-year-old Putin’s masculinity. The judo video includes instructional tips from Putin, a black belt, and from Yasuhiro Yamashita, a former world champion, among others, according to news reports. The New York Times
