Vladimir Putin plays a friendly ice hockey match with the President of Finland Sauli Niiniste in the town of Igor, June 22, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Vladimir Putin in a motorized hand glider with a young crane nearby at the Kushevat ornithological station near the city of Salekhard in Yamalo-Nenetsky region, Russia, Sept 5, 2012, as he takes part in the "Flight of Hope" scientific project aimed at preserving the Red Book crane species by guiding the young birds on their flight route. The birds see the motorized hang glider as their leader, Putin made three flights, two with birds. [Photo/CFP]