Putin leads young Siberian cranes in flight (30)

The Associated Press, Vladivostok, Russia | World | Thu, September 06 2012, 2:38 PM Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead the endangered cranes, which were raised in captivity, on their migration to Asia.