Putin fired a Kalashnikov sniper rifle at a Moscow shooting range, and Russian TV claims he hit the target 'more than half the time'

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• Vladimir Putin visited a shooting range and played with a sniper rifle on Wednesday.
• The target was set up at "maximum distance," but the Russian president still hit it most of the time — according to state media.
• The state-run Rossiya-24 TV channel also said Putin was shooting like a professional sniper.
• Putin, keen to portray himself as a patriotic strongman leading Russia to greatness, has taken part in various macho photo ops in the past.

Vladimir Putin fired a Kalashnikov sniper rifle at a Moscow shooting range on Wednesday, and Russian state TV claimed he hit the target "more than half the time."

Footage of the Russian president's visit to the military-themed park — named "Patriot" — showed him wearing earmuffs, protective glasses, and hunched over a new SVCh Kalashnikov sniper rifle.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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