Alfonso Signorini, an openly gay Italian TV host, was asked who the sexiest man in Italy was, but he didn’t have an answer to that question. Alfonso did know who the sexiest man in the world is, and that man he said is Vladimir Putin:

"When I saw his naked torso and a slain Siberian tiger lying at his feet, I almost had a stroke. Won-der-ful!" Signorini said in a reference to Putin’s much-photographed shirtless fishing trip in Siberia last year and an incident recently when Putin shot a tiger with a tranquilizer gun, putting it to sleep but not killing it.

"He is my erotic dream. I find him absolutely astonishing," Signorini said by telephone Friday from Milan. "I’m attracted by his charisma and his icy glance."

Aaaah, self-destructive love. I’m sure Mr. Putin is pleased.

Vladimir Putin has just released his very own Judo DVD (below). Putin is a former Judo champion. He’s been busy recently posing with his shirt on, dating a gymnast, and now showing off his Judo skills on a DVD. In Russia Putin is a sex symbol. What do you think? Is he sexy?

Most people don’t realize that former KGB agent Putin is no longer the President of Russia. On March 2, 2008 Dmitry Medvedev was elected as the third President of Russia. It may seem impossible for anyone to beat a sex symbol like Putin in an election, but Dmitry had help. Putin supported Dmitry’s candidacy and run for President. Now we’ve got an overly agressive Russia.

Move over French President Nicolas Sarkozy, there’s a new horn dog in town. Vladimir Putin (55) who is the President of Russia, has recently separated from his wife, and is now dating Alina Kabaeva, a 24 year-old Russian gymnist. Why Alina? She’s more flexible than Putin’s wife.

See what I mean? Very flexible.

It may have been Alina’s personality that Vladimir finds so attractive, and her skill with balls during her routine.