Gunslinger’s gait

The gunslinger's gait or KGB walk is a walking pattern observed in individuals with significant military or private/state security training, usually in the KGB or Red Army. It is a standard walk, except with one hand swinging freely, but the other in place, near a pocket or holster, so that the individual can be ready to draw for a gun when there is an unexpected threat. This type of walk is taught in the manual for KGB officers and where it is believed to have originated, but it is a recurring theme in the Red Army and other military, security, or espionage organizations.[1] The term "gunslinger's gait" was coined by a group of British researchers in 2015, who published a study analyzing this abnormal walking pattern in Vladimir Putin and other several high-ranked Russian government officials; Dimitri Medvedev, Anatoli Serdjukov, Sergei Ivanov, and Anatoli Sidrov.[2] Serdjukov, Ivanov, and Sidrov all have had prior KGB or Red Army training, but Medvedev is the exception, however, it was likely he was just influenced by Putin.