KRASNODAR (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th August, 2018) The Kuban Cossack Choir has confirmed reports that it was to perform at the upcoming wedding ceremony of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, a source in the regional culture community told Sputnik on Friday.
The wedding is scheduled for Saturday. According to the Kurier newspaper, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been invited to the wedding, is going to present a performance by the Cossacks as a possible gift to the newlyweds.
"About ten performers of the Kuban choir are already in Austria. They have been sent there to sing the best Kuban songs at the wedding of the Austrian minister. I do not know for sure what songs exactly they will perform, but they have been preparing several," the source said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday said that Putin was invited to Kneissls wedding during his last visit to Vienna on June 5. The spokesman noted that the Russian president would visit the wedding on his way to Germany, where he is set to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
