My raft unfortunately did not ship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is who I assume you're referring to. Hopefully you'll have better luck, just make sure to buy from reputable seller
I can only tell you our dogs played with it in our pool and their toe nails poked a hole in it!
I use a small plug-in pump, also made by Intex, that I bought for an inflatable bed. It does the job in under 5 minutes. A pump with a connector to a car's cigarette lighter also works. You will need the adapter that fits in the boat's inflating tubes.
Have ridden this down the Truckee River several times before the bottom fell out. Intense.