Vladimir is consolidating support in Russia following last week's short-lived rebellion by chief in a rare meet-and-greet that saw him mobbed by a crowd as he posed for selfies with young girls.Stunning footage from the event - a presidential appearance during a trip to the city of Derbent in the Dagestan region of southern Russia - showed how he dove into a nighttime crowd like a Hollywood actor at a red carpet show. Seemingly imbued with fresh energy after averting a, the normally stoic and isolated Putin was uncharacteristically personable, shaking hands and planting kisses on the head of a young teenage girl who gushed over him and pleaded with her mother to snap a photo of her with the president.
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