Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday marked his 62nd birthday in the Siberian wilderness as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to one of the “12 Labors of Hercules” and 100,000 marched in his honor in Chechnya.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had taken a day off from his “extremely intense” agenda to celebrate his birthday in the depths of Siberia.
“This place is some 300 to 400 kilometers away from the nearest settlement,” Peskov told the Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid, saying the president worked virtually around the clock and needed a breather.
“He will rest,” he said, declining to say whether …read more
Source: The Jakarta Globe
