What does fishing tell us about Russian leaders?
These two photos seem to say an awful lot about the difference between Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev: DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images MIKHAIL KLMENTYEV/Getty Images I’m not much of a fisherman, but I’m guessing that bringing military personnel along to scoop up your catch isn’t typical.
These two photos seem to say an awful lot about the difference between Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev:
These two photos seem to say an awful lot about the difference between Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev:
I’m not much of a fisherman, but I’m guessing that bringing military personnel along to scoop up your catch isn’t typical.
Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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