I just don't understand how people can get cranked over how Vlad the Putin acts and the stuff he does - he's trained KGB, through and through. What do you expect? He's a SPOOK, they assassinate people and have lockpicks sewn in their underpants and stuff. And we want touchy-feely... he posts pictures of himself shirtless and all the old Russian babushkas get faintheaded - they taught "marketing" in the KGB too, though they called it something else probably.