Number 1 :)
Putin once saved a TV crew from a Siberian tiger… but later acknowledged that the rescue was staged. Other of his documented publicity stunts include tagging whales and frolicking with a rare snow leopard.
Russia shares a border with 14 countries: Norway,
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, China, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and North Korea. No other country has as many borders.
(Source: The Telegraph)
Putin’s signature
(idk tbh if it’s real but lets just believe Wikipedia)
Russia is almost as big as Pluto: 17 million sq km compared to Pluto at 17.6 million sq km. (Source: NASA)