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This 2017 Calendar Of Vladimir Putin Is So Weird It's Good

From Russia with love.
If you've got it, flaunt it.
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If you've got it, flaunt it.

Sweeping landscapes, kittens and firemen are all things you can expect to see on a calendar, but 365 days of Vladimir Putin? Now, that would be a real treat.

BBC's Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg managed to get his hands on a calendar celebrating Putin (heretofore known as Vladimir Putin: Man Of Action) and it's better than you could imagine.

The calendar features the best of Putin; in a wet suit, in ski gear and cuddling up to kittens.

In the short clip Rosenberg posted on Twitter, he flicks through all the best bits giving us an insight into the Russian leader's propaganda machine life. Have a look for yourself.

And in case 12 months of Putin is not enough, the internet has produced some extras:

Don't think much of Januar 2017 @BBCSteveRpic.twitter.com/8cJPl4L7Xy

— Правда жизни (@Pravdazhizni14) 15 October 2016

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