The Kremlin released pictures of the leader who is holidaying with two other members of his top team - his defence minister and the head of the Federal Security Service.

The 65-year-old leader put on his outerwear and grabbed his binoculars and trekking poles as he hiked in forested mountains and enjoyed a boat ride on the Yenisei river in the Tuva region of southern Siberia.

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