Putin produces judo DVD

By DPA

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin is jointly producing a judo DVD for beginners with a Japanese Olympic winner, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday.


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“Together we shot a film as a supplement to a textbook that is to appear on the market in the coming January or February,” Putin said at the opening of a Toyota car factory in his hometown of St. Petersburg.

The president, a black belt in judo, was characterized by his first trainer, Anatoli Rakhlin, as a “not especially powerful, but persevering” fighter.

He is renowned in the sport for the unpredictability of his manoeuvres.

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