London, August 3 (ANI): Vladimir Putin paraded his physical prowess by trying to bend a frying pan with his bare hands, scaling an artificial climbing wall, and taking part in an arm wrestling contest all in the same day, in his latest effort to woo young Russian voters.
The 58-year-old Russian Prime Minister was attending a Kremlin youth camp, 230 miles northwest of Moscow, in front of thousands of patriotic young Russians who are encouraged by organisers each year to put the strongman politician on a pedestal, reports the Telegraph.
Dressed in chinos and a light-coloured striped shirt, Putin talked tough too, calling the United States a parasite on the global economy.
But it was his physical feats that seemed to wow his young audience more than anything.
Photographs of the event, which took place on Monday, showed Putin trying to crush a frying pan with his bare hands as young admirers looked on. It is not clear whether he succeeded.
Another image showed him shimmying up an artificial climbing wall spider man-style without a safety harness or helmet. Putin leapt off the wall before reaching the top, jokingly muttering something about cowardice.
Other images showed he had adjudicated an arm wrestling contest between two young men, taken part in a contest himself, and looked on as a weight lifter balanced a barbell loaded with heavy weight plates on his back. (ANI)
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