Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday morning immersed himself in sub zero waters to celebrate Orthodox Epiphany by clambering through a hole in the ice, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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Peskov did not specify where Putin, 71, had carried out what is an annual ritual for some Russian Orthodox believers.
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