An 80-year-old shepherd has survived falling from a cliff after fighting with a bear.
Suleiman Kerimov is larger than life, but now, however, Russia’s most elusive oligarch now looks like he’s heading straight for disaster.
As Russia stands to look as the peacemaker over the issue of Syrian chemical weapons, the country is suffering from widely negative perceptions from populations around the world.
The Syrian rebels have long felt deserted by the international community who have stood by and let Assad’s superior military force leave many of those fighting for a secular democracy dead.
From opposing shale gas exploration to defending US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his PR machine have been forging an unlikely alliance with Western protest voices.