Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took the microphone at the close of a mixed martial arts match in Moscow.
(Alexsey Druginyn/RIA Novosti/Reuters/Pool)
Russian martial arts fans boo Putin
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took the microphone at the close of a mixed martial arts match in Moscow.
(Alexsey Druginyn/RIA Novosti/Reuters/Pool)
When Vladimir Putin jumped into the ring to congratulate the winner of a bloody martial arts fight and was greeted with a cascade of boos from a large part of the 20,000-plus crowd, the experience seemed just this once to set him back on his heels, if only for a moment. The reception Putin received Sunday evening’s bout - shown live on national television - was a first for the authoritarian prime minister. He recovered and managed to say his piece.
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