9 over-the-top, macho Putin stunts that were nowhere near as impressive as they seemed
"Discovering" fragments of two ancient Greek urns under the Black Sea — which his spokesman later admitted were planted.
Leading endangered birds to safety on a hang glider... even though they don't need help finding their way.
This garnered a large amount of ridicule from the press.
Julia Ioffe, a reporter for The New Republic at the time, said after the photo was published: "He is seen as a ridiculous man, deeply out of touch not only with the political reality, but with reality in any wider sense of the word."
Playing a few notes on a piano while waiting to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. You can decide for yourself whether he's good.
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