Putin Says Shares Passion for Judo With Austrian Foreign Minister's Husband
BOCHAROV RUCHEY (Russia) (Pakistan Point news / Sputnik - 22nd August, 2018) Russian President Vladimir Putin, who attended the wedding of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl last week, said on Wednesday that he and Kneissl's husband, entrepreneur Wolfgang Meilinger, shared a common passion for judo.
"I would like to once again thank my Austrian friends for invitation ...
and to once again congratulate them on their wedding ceremony in which I was lucky to participate. The newlywed husband is not a complete stranger to me. He is a former athlete, judo wrestler, this always brings us together," Putin told reporters when asked about the wedding.
On August 18, Putin attended the wedding of Kneissl and Meilinger in the southern Austrian province of Styria. The president was invited to attend the ceremony during his visit to Vienna on June 5.