Putin Frolics With Dogs In Latest Photo Op

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent

In the latest instalment of Vladimir Putin's bizarre series of photo opportunities with animals, the Kremlin has released pictures of the Russian president rolling in the snow with his dogs.

Critics accuse Mr Putin of presiding over the worst crackdown on human rights in modern Russian history, but he appears relaxed and playful as he is captured in the company of his canine companions.

The album, titled "A walk in the Moscow suburbs", shows an off-duty president enjoying a snowy day with his Bulgarian Shepherd, Buffy, and Japanese Akita Inu puppy, Yume.

Mr Putin sports a red and white Team Russia tracksuit in the pictures, which were taken by his personal photographer on March 24, but only made public now.

The Russian leader has just returned from a trip to Germany and the Netherlands, which was intended to promote trade ties with the two countries but will be remembered more for the protests that greeted him.

Putin, in Hanover with Angela Merkel, was confronted by topless protesters

Mr Putin said he enjoyed being heckled by topless women at a trade fair in Hanover on Monday, and shrugged off criticism over his human-rights record.

He was then jeered by more than a thousand activists in Amsterdam protesting a new "homosexual propaganda" law in Russia, which campaigners say will further marginalise the country's gay community and deprive young people of access to information about gay rights.

A demonstration by gay-rights activist in Amsterdam

Russia's justice ministry announced plans this week to prosecute the country's only independent election-monitoring organisation, accusing it of violating rules on foreign funding.

The self-styled strongman president has a long history of unusual publicity stunts, which have included photos of him hunting bare-chested in Siberia, tagging a polar bear and tranquilising a tiger.

Mr Putin has also used the medium to portray a softer, more environmentally-friendly side, being pictured feeding elk calves and, memorably, leading young cranes on a migration flight from his hang glider.

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