MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is spending his 63rd birthday on the ice, playing hockey with NHL stars against Russian officials and tycoons.
Earlier Wednesday Putin was debriefed by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu about the Russian air force operation in Syria. Shortly after that, Putin and the team of Soviet-born NHL stars took on Shoigu as well as other Russian officials and tycoons who are subject to Western sanctions over Russian actions in Ukraine, on the ice in Sochi.
The match was shown live on Russian television.
Putin reportedly spent his birthday last year holed up in the Siberian wilderness far …read more
Source: KXAN
