Well, truth be told, a lot of guys find her appealing, so I suppose that just means that Comrade Putin is just a normal authoritarian strongman with healthy glands.Oh, wait a minute! There's more?
Pamela Anderson appeals to Putin over Canada seals
Ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has appealed to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to ban imports of baby seal pelts, a newspaper reported Friday. The prime minister's apparent "fondness" for animals prompted Anderson's plea, the spokeswoman for animal rights group PETA wrote in a letter cited by the Izvestia daily....
Oh. Never mind.
Better known in the West for pushing a muscular foreign policy and tightening control over Russia's politics, Putin has shown compassion for wildlife and nature. He voiced concern over the fate of polar bears when he helped scientists put a tracker on a 230-kilo (506-pound) bear on an Arctic trip in April. Last October he was shown cuddling a tiger cub he received as a birthday gift.
Awwww, how sweet! Guess that makes up for all the anti-American foreign policy and the poisoning of dissidents.