26-11-2025 12:23 via metro.co.uk

Putin shows off his judo and piano skills in bizarre new calendar for 2026

This year’s calendars have been revealed – and they’re just as dramatic as 2025 (Picture: Shutterstock)Russia’s 2026 calendars of Vladimir Putin have been released, and they’re as weird as ever.Each year, Russian media Komsomolskaya Pravda makes a calendar featuring photographs and the dictator’s most inspirational quotes.2026 is no different. Putin is spotted on a snowmobile in a parka, lighting candles in church and hiking.‘Russia’s border
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