Vladimir Putin arrives at Alexandra Land, an island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

Vladimir Putin arrives at Alexandra Land, an island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

Vladimir Putin arrives at Alexandra Land, an island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

Vladimir Putin and Vyacheslav Rozhnov, a deputy director of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, visiting researchers in their tent

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin and the researchers attach a satellite-tracked GPS collar on a polar bear which has been caught in a special bear trap

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests

Vladimir Putin helping the researchers weigh the bear that has been caught and take all the necessary measurements and tests