A swim in -20 degrees: Russian President Vladimir Putin plunged into ice-cold water on Tuesday near Moscow, performing an Orthodox ritual to celebrate Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ.
Taking off a thick coat and boots, the Kremlin chief, 68, stepped in a blue bathing suit into a pool facing a large translucent cross, apparently carved in ice, surrounded by snow.
He then immersed himself three times, making the sign of the cross of Orthodox Christians, according to images released by the...