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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Andrew Gamble

Vladimir Putin pretends to sleep as Ukraine athletes emerge at Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Vladimir Putin appeared to pretend he was asleep as Ukraine’s athletes arrived at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing on Friday.

With political tension and the threat of war hanging over the Games, Putin attended the opening ceremony despite Russian athletes being banned from the event due to doping.

The 69-year-old sat with his arms folded and closed his eyes for a number of seconds on TV as Ukrainian athletes walked into the Bird’s Nest stadium.

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