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A picture made available on 29 April 2010 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (3-R) assisting in examining a 231kg polar bear while visiting the Alexandra Land island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipalego in the Arctic Ocean in April 2010. Vladimir Putin took part in the polar bears research scientific expedition organized by the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY PICTURE MADE AVAILABLE TODAY / RIA NOVOSTI /*** NO SALES NO ARCHIVES NOT FOR USE AFTER 29 MAY 2010*** +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A picture made available on 29 April 2010 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (3-R) assisting in examining a 231kg polar bear while visiting the Alexandra Land island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipalego in the Arctic Ocean in April 2010. Vladimir Putin took part in the polar bears research scientific expedition organized by the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY PICTURE MADE AVAILABLE TODAY / RIA NOVOSTI /*** NO SALES NO ARCHIVES NOT FOR USE AFTER 29 MAY 2010*** +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
A picture made available on 29 April 2010 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) assisting in examining a 231kg polar bear while visiting the Alexandra Land island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipalego in the Arctic Ocean in April 2010. Vladimir Putin took part in the polar bears research scientific expedition organized by the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY PICTURE MADE AVAILABLE TODAY / RIA NOVOSTI /*** NO SALES NO ARCHIVES NOT FOR USE AFTER 29 MAY 2010*** +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A picture made available on 29 April 2010 shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) assisting in examining a 231kg polar bear while visiting the Alexandra Land island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipalego in the Arctic Ocean in April 2010. Vladimir Putin took part in the polar bears research scientific expedition organized by the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY PICTURE MADE AVAILABLE TODAY / RIA NOVOSTI /*** NO SALES NO ARCHIVES NOT FOR USE AFTER 29 MAY 2010*** +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) attaches a tracking collar to a 230-kg (507-pound) polar bear as he assists in polar bear research in Alexandra Land on Franz Josef Land in the far north of Russia in the Barents Sea, April 29, 2010. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) attaches a tracking collar to a 230-kg (507-pound) polar bear as he assists in polar bear research in Alexandra Land on Franz Josef Land in the far north of Russia in the Barents Sea, April 29, 2010. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS) © REUTERS | REUTERS