singing pm: 039fats039 putin over the top of 039blueberry hill039 with piano solo
Bookmarked 780 weeks ago
full video of vladimir putin playing the piano and singing quotblueberry hillquot the russian prime minister is used to taking to the stage but this time it was not for one of his speeches vladimir putin made his audience sit up and take note as he sang at a charity fundraiser the reception at an ice stadium in st petersburg was dedicated to fighting children039s cancer international celebrities including kevin costner gerard depardieu mickey rourke sharon stone kurt russell vincent cassel monica belucci ornella muti goldie hawn and many others attended the benefit concert many of the stars are actively involved in charity work which draws needed attention to children039s oncological and ophthalmological diseases when the hostess approached putin039s table and asked him to sing for the audience his immediate reaction was quotare you kidding mequot but the hostess was determined to get the prime minister on the mic and reminded him about the songs he sang with the russian sleeper agents extradited from the us last summer putin attempted to evade the proposal by saying that the singing she was referring to had come from the heart however after seeing the pictures of ill children shown to the audience on the big screen he took to the stage quotlike the majority of people i cannot -- but do like to sing and to play -- so you039ll have to rough itquot he warned as he sat at the piano and played the beginning of blueberry hill the tune was immediately caught by maceo parker039s jazz band the prime minister then took the mic and sang it in english himself putin returned to the piano to sing in russian quotfrom what the homeland startsquot -- the song he sang with the exposed russian agents the audience loved his performance and showed their appreciation with a standing ovation and applause many recorded the one man show on their mobile phones on december 1 putin confessed to us chat show host larry king that he does study some songs in english with his language tutor when the concert was over putin took sharon stone by the arm and together with other guests they went on stage to sing a russian song about cosmonauts quotgrass near homequotrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

diver pm: underwater video of putin diving into 039russian atlantis039
Bookmarked 745 weeks ago
known for his keen interest in exotic adventures vladimir putin has tried himself as a sea treasure hunter while visiting an excavation of an ancient city in south russia the prime minister could not resist the temptation to take part in some research to shed light on the fate of the historic site the pm put on a diving suit and dived deep into the taman bay where to everyone039s utter surprise he managed to find two ancient amphorae dating back to the 6th century ad putin said he had seen at a depth of about two meters -- the sea was still and the water transparent the chief archeologist explained to putin that amphorae often broke when the ancient ships were loaded or unloaded so the sailors just threw them into the sea