The 16 Most Homoerotic Photos Of Vladimir Putin
To paraphrase Shakespeare: "Methinks thou dost protest too much, shirtless stud."
1. He's always shirtless out of doors, in front of his mostly male entourage and the mostly male reporting pool.

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2. Always shirtless...

Dmitry Astakhov/AP
3. Nothing says "I'm very, very straight" like a shirtless dude on a horse.

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4. ...even when hunting in the Siberian Tyva region. Who hunts shirtless? I'll tell you who...

Dmitry Astakhov/AP
5. A big bear hug, to welcome Gérard Depardieu to the country.

Mikhail Klimentyev/AP
6. Lest we forget Putin's tender side.

OLEG POPOV / Reuters
7. He was a high-ranking KGB operative. Did you see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? Half of MI-6 was gay.

Via sptimes.ru
8. At the movies?

Ivan Sekretarev / AP
9. He's always touching his handsome Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev.

Via cbc.ca
10. As they say, a nod is as good as wink, and vice versa.

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11. He looks very awkward at the dance. And today, his marriage is verrrry sketchy.

Via my.opera.com
12. He loves the touch of their bottle-shaped noses.

Via jerrybrito.org
13. He has his own doll. LOOK at those flexed trapezius muscles.

14. He knows how to tie a bow tie. How many hetero men do you know who know to tie a bow tie?

SYSOYEV GRIGORY/ITAR-TASS /Landov
15. A very rare photo.

Via freerepublic.com
16. If he put this on Grindr, my God, his in-box would crash.

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...read this startling Animal New York post by Russian Marina Galperina.