The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, spent his 70th birthday at work, like an ordinary day, but at least not lonely.
However, even his most special day did not take his attention away from Ukraine, which seems to have already become his obsession. To discuss the situation, in his hometown, Saint Petersburg, he gathered the leaders of some of the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union, perhaps to fulfill his last wish, the revival of the "Russian world". .
"Besides Ukraine, where really tragic events take place, unfortunately conflicts occasionally occur between other neighboring states in the post-Soviet space. We must take measures to solve them", he declared.
However, there was no shortage of surprises. To the journalists' question about what gift he had brought to Putin for his birthday, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, answered with a tractor.

Tajikistan's president, Emomali Rahmon, said he presented Putin with a large bunch of cantaloupe and watermelons. While the other leaders did not say whether they had come to Russia with empty or full hands.
A congratulations to the head of the Kremlin also came from his close friend, at the same time a very famous actor in the West.
"I just realized that today is a very important day. Today is President Putin's birthday. I just think we're living in very difficult times right now, but he's one of the greatest world leaders and one of the greatest presidents in the world," said actor Steven Seagal.
Greatness came to him from Chechnya. The leader of this territory within the Russian Federation, Ramazan Kadyrov, organized a massive military parade, lining up thousands of troops and combat vehicles in Grozny, to celebrate the birthday of his mentor, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.