Political Pinups: Putin vs. Sarkozy

In an age when male presidential candidates are pilloried for paying too much attention to appearance, it is perhaps surprising that bare-chested pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin on holiday have drawn so much comment — largely positive — from the Russian media, public and blogosphere. Wednesday, the Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda even published a "how to get a body like Putin" exercise guide, accompanied by a huge color photograph of him. According to reporters at the...Full Story