Putin and Trump won’t meet in Paris on Sunday, but are aiming for later this month (Fox News/Hollie McKay) After much back-and-forth, U.S. and Russian officials this week said presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet not in Paris this weekend during Armistice Day celebrations, but at a G-20 summit later this month. That would be followed by a Putin visit to Washington visit in early 2019, presuming he accepts the invitation announced recently by National Security Advisor John Bolton. Now, the question for many is what version of Vladimir Putin will Trump and the U.S. see at these meetings? The Russian leader has projected a long, varied list of public images: Accomplished statesman. Harley-Davidson rider. Shirtless cowboy. Artful piano impressario. One of the world’s richest men. Former spy master. Gun-toting fisherman. Black belt in Judo. Accomplished hockey player. Twice voted the world’s most powerful man by Forbes magazine. Then there are the not-so-positive images: Controller of a dastardly spy service that kills off dissidents. Accused disrupter of the 2016 Presidential elections. Consistently late to high-profile meetings. Kleptocrat and oligarch. Opinions of him abound, but on this much there’s agreement: The 66-year-old Russian president is a man of many faces, mysteries – and myths. “Putin scuba dives in three feet of water only to discover ancient buried amphora, or wrestles a rare tiger, or leading ‘bird migration’ from a biplane,” said Natalia Arno, president of the Free Russia Foundation, a non-profit, U.S.-based diaspora organization. “But the younger generation is seeing through this. Putin is losing popularity among Russian youth who sees his shirtless wrestler stunt as a joke.” Other experts disagree. “Russians trust Putin. This surprises most Americans – no one in Russia sees him as “a fool.” He is not mercurial, nor is he confused. He says what he means,” asserted Geoff Hellman, Chairman & CEO of the Economic Policy Forum. “He is highly respected within his own country.” President Putin remains a souvenir mainstay in the streets of Saint Petersburg, Russia (Fox News/Hollie McKay) So just who is the man at the heart of so many headlines, questions, conspiracies, and crises? Born on Oct. 7, 1952, in Leningrad (
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