Putin's Winter Holiday PHOTOS: Skiing, Having Fun With Medvedev

Putin's vacation photos are becoming an unavoidable part of life. Every few months they appear, reminding you of the Russian leader's amazing manliness, while also making you feel your own vacations are pathetic trips that never manage to project how powerful you are on the world stage. Will the image of Putin shirtless on a horse while on vacation last summer in Siberia ever fade from memory? Probably not.

This time around, Putin is skiing in the Russian resort of Krasnaya Polyana, where the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics will be held. Putin has used these vacations in the past to help present a strong image, with previous trips presenting him as unafraid to swim in rivers and dine with random locals. Given the weather, Putin is regrettably not topless this time around, but instead riding around a snowmobile with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Check out the photos from their trip and vote for your favorites.

Looking happy on the slopes

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[coloradodna]

02:18 PM on 01/07/2010

Those snowmobiles are pieces of dogs#@$. Can't he afford a real machine? Those photos make him look like a dweeb. Didn't anyone see Sarah Palin in the Artic Cat photos? Now there's a REAL man, errr. woman.

http://www.atvriders.com/atvnews/arcticcat2008-todd-sarah-palin-snowmobile-skit.html

[ArjenBoatsma]

08:47 PM on 01/06/2010

Very surprised to see Putin riding "b-itch" to Medvedev, and also in other pictures Putin's body languages seems a little bit subservient to Medvedev.

[Abraxas79]

02:12 PM on 01/06/2010

If I were Putin's or Medvedev's wives, I would start to be getting a little jealous. These two seem inseparable.

I think Medvedev is the better looking of the two, but sadly as is the case with most Russian men, the hairline is fast receding.

[m a x]

01:12 PM on 01/06/2010

The unedited video of this getaway is now playing on Youporn.com

[wizegeye]

12:40 PM on 01/06/2010

Putin and Medvedev make a lovely couple.

[lisa010]

07:58 AM on 01/06/2010

Serious mid-life crisis going on here with a big questioning of his manhood for P!

Scarey on many levels especially since he doesn't seem to know that we know the real him!

[essrog6x]

06:24 AM on 01/06/2010

hey wait, that's putin and mike huckabee. i can see those two in the lodge by the big fireplace at end of day, mike playin' his guitar with all the ladies gathered around. putin with his helmet and snowsuit still on over in the corner gettin' hammered.

[infidel2]

05:42 AM on 01/06/2010

Personally, his bare-chested photos so blinded me & offended me that nothing else could surprise me. He seems to have a very inflated opinion of himself.

[Niet]

05:02 AM on 01/06/2010

Well, they're getting awfully "buddy-buddy". Looks like one heckuva date.

[Vindur]

04:44 AM on 01/06/2010

Its nice to have a close relation with the people you work with, but to go on a holiday with them aswell?
Take some time off,Take your wife and kids skiing
You can see your colleagues almost every day

[sirlolo]

01:02 AM on 01/06/2010

They really should be nude

[Gayrove]

12:04 AM on 01/06/2010

Oooooooooh! Don't ASK! Don\'t TELL!

[KataVideo]

10:10 PM on 01/05/2010

I'd hate to work with the guy or live under his rule, but he's pretty cool for a ruthless dictator.

[FHTB]

05:18 AM on 01/06/2010

I love that we are now trying to make Pooty Poot cute...

One thing he most assuredly is not...

And he still definitely rules the roost in Russia...certainly not this other dude who is more or less Pooty's sidekick.

[cybertoothcat]

08:14 AM on 01/06/2010

Putin's really hot for a (former) KGB killer. I'd slip a 100 ruble note into his thong for a private dance. Post the sauna photos, please!

[knightoftheroundtable]

09:48 PM on 01/05/2010

We know who really calls the shots.

[SPQR1052]

09:42 PM on 01/05/2010

These two oughtt o get a room! What's up with the premier and president being "buddies." In fact I think both men are nice looking but Dmitry appears like a little boy - he perhaps is not the president. In fact we all know that Putin is in charge.

Who would you tap? Dmitry? Vladimir?