MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Vladimir Putin celebrates his 73rd birthday on October 7. However, the Russian leader chose not to take the day off and spent his special day at work as usual. Many foreign leaders called to congratulate Putin, discussing important bilateral and global issues with him as well, while others sent birthday greetings via telegrams. But it won't be all work for the president today, said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as Putin will take the evening off to spend time with his family and friends.
TASS has compiled the main facts about the goings-on around the Russian president’s birthday.
First to congratulate
According to the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Jong Un was the first to congratulate the Russian leader on his birthday. "I do not doubt that the allied relations between the two countries, which have greeted the great heyday, will be invariably carried forward in the future, too, thanks to the warm friendly relations and close comradely ties between us, and will make a great contribution to thrusting the comprehensive development of bilateral relations forward and establishing a just and multipolar world order," the news agency quoted Kim as saying. The North Korean also assured Putin that "Pyongyang and Moscow will always stand together" and that their "friendship will be immortal."
