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Russia's Great Stallions: President Putin Meets Orenburg's Wild Horses

Russia may be famed for the fearsome beasts of the Siberian taiga, but the country's greatest outdoorsman, President Vladimir Putin, is always keen to show the nation's more gentle side. He took a break from his duties in Orenburg to spend time with a herd of Przewalski's horses — a rare and endangered species of wild horse native to the steppes of central Asia.