Messi, a two-year-eight-month-old cougar, the family pet of Maria and Aleksandr Dmitriev, looks on at a children play ground in the town of Penza, Russia June 21, 2018. Picture taken June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Sudipto Ganguly
SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Barely 20 months ago a Russian couple were oblivious of the basic rules of soccer. Now they are ardent fans and the transformation can only be attributed to Messi -- not Argentina's World Cup captain but a pet puma.
Messi, a two-year-eight-month-old cougar, lives with Maria and Aleksandr Dmitriev in a one-bedroom apartment in the Russian city of Penza, not in a very different environment from any other pet cat or a dog in the country.
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