Steven Seagal and Vladimir Putin push for Soviet-era program to make Russians ‘fit for military service’

By Kay Steiger
Friday, March 15, 2013 14:22 EDT
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With Steven Seagal in tow, Putin pushes for Soviet-era phys-ed revival (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Copyright ImageClick to View Russian President Vladimir Putin (l.) and US movie actor Steven Seagal visit a new sports arena in Moscow, Wednesday. Mr. Putin has called for the revival of the Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests.(Alexei Nikolsky…

 
 
 
 
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