Reuters: Cossacks and flowers as Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding
VIENNA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West’s stance against Moscow.
Putin arrived in a car carrying a bouquet of flowers and accompanied, local media said, by a troupe of Cossack singers booked to serenade the newlyweds. He was on a stopover on his way to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Berlin.
Photographs showed Kneissl, 53, smiling in a long white and cream “dirndl” dress and talking to Putin as they danced in a vineyard in southern Styria province, the venue of her wedding to entrepreneur Wolfgang Meilinger. Putin - who made a toast in German at the wedding, according to the Kremlin - was pictured listening to her intently.
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Update #1: Controversial wedding guest Vladimir Putin dances with Austria's foreign minister on her big day (FOX News)
Update #2: Putin dances at Austrian wedding before meeting with Merkel in Germany (LA Times/AP)
WNU Editor: After the wedding is was off to Berlin for a meeeting with German Chancellor Merkel .... Tough talks, no agreements at Merkel, Putin meeting near Berlin (Reuters).
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