MOSCOW: Russia's President Vladimir Putin turned 60on Sunday, the official retirement age in the country he has dominated for the past 12 years,as critics snickered that his image of an energetic, young macho leader no longer corresponds with his age.
Putin flew to his native northwestern city of Saint Petersburg to spend the day with "friends and family", according to his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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