PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin braved rough seas to help scientists study whales off Russia's Pacific coast on Wednesday but was rebuked by environmentalists for allowing oil exploration nearby.
Putin, a Judo black-belt who has been filmed shooting a tiger and flying a fighter plane, shot a grey whale with an adapted crossbow from a rubber dinghy to take a sample of its skin in his latest action-man photo-op.
