'Living dangerously', Russia's Putin chases whales on high seas

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin aims at a whale with an arbalest to take a piece of its skin for analysis on the Olga Bay, some 240 kilometres north-east of Nakhodka on August 25, 2010. Photo courtesy AFP.

Moscow (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 - Wielding a crossbow and undeterred by high waves, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday chased whales off Russia's Pacific coast and boasted of the exhilaration of "living dangerously." The hardman antics - barely thinkable for any other world leader - were the latest stunt by Putin this summer as he travels across Russia's Far East on a tour that has given him ample chance to burnish ... more

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