Watch | 'Yoga is quite a gruelling kind of sport': Russian president Putin to Modi

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday admitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi he found yoga to be 'quite a gruelling sport'. Putin spoke his mind on yoga at a meeting with Modi and the Indian delegation on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia. He said, "Mr Prime Minister, I couldn't yet try yoga...but of course, this is quite a gruelling kind of a sport," he said after Modi expressed his gratitude for the way Russia celebrated the International Yoga Day on June 21.