Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent several days on vacation in Siberia where he hiking and fishing, Kremlin said on Sunday, following a brief spell in self-isolation as a precautionary measure of Covid-19.
Putin said in mid-September he had to spend “a few days” in self-isolation after dozens of people in his entourage fell ill with Covid-19.
He had to cancel his trip to Tajikistan for security summit.
Putin has fostered a picture of macho, appealing to many Russians, and previously described ride a horse Barechestes and in the sun glasses, and carrying a hunting rifle and driving a combat jet.
This time, the streets are more worldly.
The Kremlin published 20 Putin’s photo standing on the river and catching fish, walking through fertile meadows and talking to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a normal vacation friend.
Putin, 68, has had two Russian V sputnik vaccine shots.
Kremlin said he felt healthy.