Stay-At-Home Putin Denies Injury To Blame

Vladimir Putin has been spending a lot more time at home - sparking rumours that a flight with cranes has taken its toll on his fitness.

The Russian president has carved out a macho image over the years with a series of daring stunts – his latest a flight in a motorised hang-glider with migrating cranes.

Newspaper Vedomosti said the feat, which was mocked as a PR disaster, aggravated an old injury, forcing Mr Putin to shelve trips both at home and abroad as well as visits to the Kremlin in recent weeks.

Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied his infrequent trips to the Russian parliament had anything to do with injury.

He insisted the real reason was that he did not want his motorcade to disrupt Moscow's notoriously bad traffic.

Mr Putin has also put off several expected trips abroad, including visits to India, Turkey and Bulgaria.

However, Mr Peskov said there was no single reason behind those changes.

The hang-glider flight was typical of Mr Putin's adventurous media events.

The 60-year-old has cultivated an image of vigour and daring with stunts such as petting a tranquillised polar bear in the Arctic.

Mr Putin, who was installed as president for a third term in May against a background of popular unrest, is also a keen skier and judo afficionado.

Mr Peskov said: "Indeed he pulled a muscle. It happened before Vladivostok. He was suffering from some muscle pain then.

"Actually, we have never tried to conceal it because any athlete has lots of injuries, which, however, do not mean any restrictions of his activities."

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