We rarely get to see the president of Russia Vladimir Putin complaining about anything, but he made an exception. During a break in a hockey match played on the Red Square, Putin admitted that he doesn’t get enough sleep.
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A Russian TV aired a segment showing Putin talking to businessmen Gennady Timchenko, who said that he is constantly tired. Putin added that he too sleeps for just four or five hours a day.
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The match was an annual game played during Night Hockey League. Putin didn’t miss a match since 2014. His team consisted of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and former NHL stars: Pavel Bure, Valeri Kamensky, Sergei Fedorov, Alexei Kasatonov and others.
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Opponents had Tula governor Alexei Dyumin, businessmen Gennady Timchenko, Vladimir Potanin, and Roman Rotenberg, jazz saxophonist Igor Butman, Moscow Region governor Andrei Vorobyev and others.
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Путин: Не высыпался в последнюю неделю, мало спал – 4-5 часов pic.twitter.com/njaBoezpNr— Дмитрий Смирнов (@dimsmirnov175) December 26, 2019
Putin’s team won by the score of 8:5.
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