Striding through grassy fields in an Indiana Jones-style hat, climbing trees in leopard country — just another day in an increasingly adventurous summer for Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin.
The prime minister, who in the last days alone has dived in a mini-submarine to the floor of the world’s deepest lake and attached a transmitter to a whale, was this time visiting the remote Russian region of Tuva in southern Siberia.
Putin, dressed in green fatigues, camped out overnight, rafted down the region’s fast-flowing rivers and visited a traditional farmstead, Russian news agencies said.
Pictures taken by his press entourage show him striding through savannah-like fields in ankle-high boots and a hat reminiscent of the Hollywood action hero Indiana Jones.
In another image, Putin was shown nestled on the thick branch of a tree, surveying the scene with quiet authority.
A pose, in fact, that appeared to imitate the fabled snow leopard, one of the region’s most endangered species.
Russian news agencies described the day’s activities as a “holiday” for the premier, although it was clearly aimed at reinforcing his tough-guy image that plays so well at home.
None of the pictures, however, showed Putin in any state of undress, unlike a famous set of images from a past holiday that showed him fishing in Siberia with an impressively muscled naked torso.
Tuva is one of Russia’s most remote and exotic regions, populated by a Turkic people famous worldwide for their astonishing throat-singing.
The holiday was as brief as it was dramatic and by the afternoon Putin was seen at a meeting on agriculture in central Russia. (AFP)
戴著印地安納瓊斯風格的帽子在青草地上馳騁,在野豹出沒的地區爬樹──俄羅斯硬漢弗拉基米爾.普廷這天的行程,為他一天比一天刺激的夏日冒險再添一筆。
這位俄國總理這次到偏遠的南西伯利亞圖瓦地區度假,光是過去這幾天,就搭了微型潛水艇潛入世上最深的湖的底層,還替一隻鯨魚裝上發送器。
俄羅斯媒體報導,身穿綠色工作服的普廷搭營夜宿野外、在圖瓦區湍急的河上乘筏,還拜訪了一間傳統農莊。
在隨行記者拍攝的照片中,他穿著高統靴在非洲大草原般的原野上闊步,頭上還戴著會讓人聯想到好萊塢動作英雄印地安納.瓊斯的帽子。
在另一張照片中,普廷舒服地坐在一顆樹的粗枝上,神態威嚴地眺望風景。
事實上,他的這個姿勢似乎是模仿傳說中的雪豹,雪豹是該區極度瀕臨絕種的動物之一。
俄羅斯媒體形容這天的活動屬於總理的「私人假期」,但他顯然是想藉此強化他鐵漢的形象,因為俄國民眾就愛這一味。
然而,不同於他之前去西伯利亞度假釣魚時的一系列著名照片,這當中沒有讓人眼睛為之一亮的裸露肌肉照。
圖瓦是俄羅斯最偏遠也最有異國情調的地區之一,講突厥語的圖瓦人以他們獨特驚人的喉音歌唱享譽全球。
這場旅程短暫卻引人注目,這天下午普廷已經回到俄羅斯中部開會探討農產議題了。(法新社╱翻譯:袁星塵)
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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