Unusual Gifts on Putin’s Birthday

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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin turns 73 today.

00:04And, as usual, no holidays, no celebrations.

00:09Putin continues his work as normal,

00:12believing that the best form of rest is work itself.

00:17Since taking power more than two decades ago,

00:21Putin has reportedly never taken an official vacation,

00:25according to Russian sources.

00:26The only exception came in 2014,

00:31when he allowed himself a brief break,

00:33traveling to the Siberian taiga forests,

00:36far from the spotlight and political noise,

00:40to spend the day climbing mountains and hiking through the wilderness.

00:44As for his birthday gifts, they have always been unconventional.

00:49In 2008, he received a baby Siberian tiger,

00:53and on his 70th birthday,

00:56Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko surprised him with a tractor.

01:02Today, Putin continues to carry out his duties at the helm of power

01:07with the same steady pace he has long been known for a scene

01:11that encapsulates his philosophy on work and politics.

01:14Ben Alderman George Tyson was a bit of a happy standing with his spirit.

01:21Chris, let's get started.

01:22Do you know when he's a man,

01:22when you go home and talking to his soldiers at the helm of the island is 10 years old,

01:24you know how to be a man,

01:25when he was a man.

01:26You know what he was a man,

01:28when he was a man,

01:28but he was a man.

01:29Amen.

01:30There is a man every circumstance,

01:32who's a man.

01:33That's a man.

01:34You know what he was a man,

01:35you know him.

01:36And,

01:37you know how to be a man,

01:38you know what he was a man,

01:39I don't know what he was a man,

01:40and that was just a man.

01:41And,

01:41I saw this man.