Russian President gives piano performance in China

Vladimir Putin plays the grand piano ahead of a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Di State Guesthouse in Beijing, China.

Update: 2017-05-15 12:09 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin plays piano before his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Beijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin left the host country impressed with an impromptu piano performance as he waited for the talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Putin, who is in Beijing for the 'One Belt, One Road' initiative, while waiting at a state guesthouse for the Chinese leader played the melodies of two songs about Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 'Moscow Windows' and 'The City Over the Free Neva,' reports the Sputnik news.

Earlier, the Russian leader also flaunted his sports skills in a gala ice hockey match in Sochi, scoring six goals in the exhibition game for the Night Hockey League.

Moreover, he has ridden shirtless on a horse in Siberia, piloted a hand glider with migratory birds, is a black belt in judo and has dived into the depths of Lake Baikal and the Black Sea.

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