** Australian uranium miners gain sharply after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow should consider limiting exports of the radioactive metal among others

** A potential shortage in supply drives local uranium miners such as Paladin Energy , Boss Energy and Bannerman Energy up between 8.5% and 11.4% as of 0405 GMT

** PDN, BOE among the top gainers on the ASX 200 benchmark

** YTD, PDN lost 1.3%, BOE shed 28.9% and BMN down 12.5%

(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru)

((Sneha.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))