Putin and Koizumi at Judo class

(30 May 2003) Pool 1. Exterior of St Petersburg Sports College 2. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walk into sports hall 3. Putin and Koizumi shake hands with judo teacher 4. Pupils demonstrate judo moves 5. Putin and Koizumi watching 6. Pupils demonstrate judo moves 7. Security personnel inside sports hall 8. Putin and Koizumi walking up staircase 9. Various of Putin and Koizumi in talks STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin invited visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to watch a judo demonstration by Russian students at the St Petersburg Sports College on Friday. President Putin practices judo himself and says he first took up the sport so he could hold his own on the tough streets of St Petersburg (then Leningrad) when he was growing up. Prime Minister Koizumi is in St Petersburg for celebrations to mark the city’s 300th anniversary. He was the first leader fro
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