Everyone had a good moan about 2017, and we were all glad to see the back of it. Enter 2018, and you might feel the same.

All good, though, because 2019 is going to be your year, and we have just the calendar to kickstart things.

Vladimir ‘there is clearly a shortage of t-shirts in Russia’ Putin has only just returned from a very active hike in the backwoods of Siberia, and now he’s starring in his own 2019 calendar.

(2017 was a goodie, by the way, but let’s leave the past in the past.)

What can you look forward to hanging from your wall next year? Images of manliness, strength and robust health, of course.

CNN with the deets:

One 2019 calendar newly on sale — called Putin VVP (the initials of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, universally known in Russia) — show him engaging in some of his robust and athletic hobbies. There’s Putin playing ice hockey, Putin fishing in a river, Putin in snorkeling gear.

And there’s the obligatory bare-chested Putin: The 2019 Putin VVP calendar also features the shirtless President taking the plunge in icy waters to mark Russian Orthodox Epiphany.

Putin calendars also showcase the leader’s gentler side, as benevolent father of his nation. The Putin VVP calendar also has an image of Putin holding a puppy, and standing contemplatively in a field of wheat.

Cute pupper, Vlad.

A few more snaps:

Look at that sly little wink.

The reaction from Russians was rather predictable:

If I was that woman around the one-minute mark, I’d lay low for a while.

[source:cnn]