Russian President Vladimir Putin takes icy plunge to mark Orthodox Epiphany ...United Arab Emirates

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday braved temperatures well below freezing to take a bare-chested dip into icy water in an Orthodox ritual marking the baptism of Jesus. The Russian leader shed a thick coat and boots, as temperatures hovered at -20 degrees Celsius and stepped into a pool surrounded by snow and facing a large cross made of ice outside Moscow. The 68-year-old Russian leader immersed himself three times while crossing himself, in line with tradition. The Kremlin said in a statement that the tradition "celebrates one of the main Christian holidays - the baptism of the Lord." Every year on January 19, tens of thousands of Orthodox believers mark Epiphany by dunki

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