Putin's Carefully Crafted Swagger

Putin throws a Japanese judo expert during an exhibition in Tokyo in September 2000.

Putin helps scientists tag a Siberian tiger in August 2008.

A shirtless Putin famously hunts in the foothills of the Sayan Mountains in the Republic of Tuva in August 2007.

Putin inside a submersible during a dive into the depths of Lake Baikal in August 2009.

Putin inspects the cockpit of the new Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter jet at Gromov Airfield in June 2010.

Putin hits the slopes at the Krasnaya Polyana ski center outside Sochi, venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics.