Putin Is An Outdoorsman Enjoying Motorized Hang Glider
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left) speaks with ornithologists after a flight in a motorized hang glider on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead a flock of endangered Siberian white cranes, which were raised in captivity, on their migration to Asia. <AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider above a flock of Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands beside a motorized hang glider on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, (foreground) flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. <AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>