Crimean rappers dedicated a song to the president’s birthday, the patriarch greeted him, and TASS published unknown facts about his life
A rap piece was given to young people from Crimea for Vladimir Putin’s birthday. It’s called “Thank you for the peace!” and was written specifically for the Russian leader, who turned 69 today. The group also shot a video showing graffiti with Putin from different parts of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine.
One of the singers of the song – Vlad Molchanov reveals to “Crimea 24”, quoted by TASS, what inspired them to dedicate a rap song to Putin.
“Vladimir Putin is more than a superhero for Crimea. And the words that sound in the song are written from a pure heart. I hope that Vladimir Vladimirovich will like our Crimean greeting,” the boy added. The rap text says Putin “does not sleep until dawn.” “I know it’s hard, but you’re not alone,” the text reads, and the refrain is “Thank you for peace.” The video was shot in the art space “Tavrida”.
Russian Patriarch Kirill also congratulated the birthday boy, who turns 69 today.
The Kremlin has already announced that Putin will celebrate his birthday in a small family circle, and during the day will have the usual work program. In honor of the personal holiday of the Russian president, TASS came out with a huge essay on the habits, favorite things and famous quotes of Putin.
“This is Putin, he’s not sleeping,” is the headline of the publication, which reveals the Russian president’s favorite foods, drinks, sports and habits.
Although Putin acknowledged “I can drink anything” back in 2002, he is known to prefer tea to coffee and kvass to kefir. Putin regularly drinks decoctions of herbs and herbs from the Altai and Siberia.
He admits that his favorite beer is Raderberg, from which even Angela Merkel sent him as a gift. But he does not hide that lately he avoids drinking beer because he makes a belly.
Putin and Merkel have had a confusing incident since 2007, when he decided to take his favorite dog, Labrador Connie, to a meeting with her. And as it turned out, the German chancellor was afraid of dogs.
“I didn’t know anything about it. On the contrary, I wanted to do something nice when I showed her my dog,” Putin said. His spokesman Peskov says the president loves animals, but has never seen cats with him, unlike dogs. He also loves horses, although he has fallen more than once while riding.
And if he doesn’t like domestic cats, then their wild relatives – the tigers – are his weakness. The Russian president is actively involved in the project to restore the Amur tiger population and in an experiment dedicated to the protection of cranes. It is also well known that the Kremlin owner likes to fish, usually in Siberia.
Form maintains first with exercises and then with lengths in the pool. The president is known to be a master of the sport of judo and sambo, but he also rides alpine skiing and freeride. It is well known what Putin trained – he is a master of the sport of judo and sambo, but only 60 years old he went on winter skating to learn to play ice hockey. At first he couldn’t even hold on to them. “I lose 1.5-2 kg per game,” Putin said.
The essay also tells about his favorite food and drinks.
These include fruits and vegetables, cottage cheese and honey, and breakfast with porridge, usually buckwheat, semolina or rice. Putin does not like sweets, but he loves ice cream and loves to make salad according to his own recipe. He prefers fish to meat.
Regarding the physical form, the president says: “I have a general rule, you can call it a diet, you may not call it: everything is useful in moderation.”
The publication describes Putin’s love of reading history books and memoirs, and the 1968 series Shield and Sword inspired him to become a spy and go through the KGB school.
When asked “what do you do in your free time”, the Russian president answered: “I work”.
“This is Putin, he’s not sleeping, he’s working,” joked his spokesman Dmitry Peskov. However, Putin himself admits that it is difficult for him to get up early and 5.5-6 hours of sleep are not enough for him. There is always a volume of Lermontov on the table next to him, he is forever impressed by Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”. “I have loved Rudyard Kipling since I was a child,” Putin said.
The Russian president has no musical education, but he plays the piano and his favorite Russian songs can be heard in his performance. According to the People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Sergei Roldugin, Putin can play without notes the first prelude to Bach’s “Well-Tempered Piano”.
Putin himself says he likes all kinds of music, as long as it’s talentedly composed, but he doesn’t like heavy metal, which is heavier music. He prefers the classics, but puts a bow tie extremely rarely – only at the reception of the British queen.
“I listen every day – Rachmaninoff, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky,” Putin revealed. Of the contemporary performers, his favorite are the musicians from “Lube”. “The boys sing about us, about our lives, they do it ingeniously, in an understandable language,” the president explained.
“The biggest sin is betrayal,” Putin said. “This is the most heinous crime I can imagine,” the Russian president said.
