Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the wedding of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, including dancing with the leader.
On Saturday, Putin stopped in Gamlitz in the southern Austrian province of Styria on his way to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Kneissl, 53, wore a traditional “dirndl” dress in her nuptials with entrepreneur Wolfgang Meilinger, 54.
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Putin brought a Cossack choir to entertain the bride and her groom, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS.
He also bore a bouquet of flowers and a painting of village life, an antique oil press and a samovar, an urn used to prepare tea in Russia, according to Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said.
