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Russian President Vladimir Putin plunges into the icy waters of lake Seliger during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in Russia's Tver region early on 19 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

Orthodox epiphany

Russia's Putin takes dip in icy lake to mark Orthodox Epiphany

By Reuters

Russian state television showed Putin marching onto the ice of frozen Lake Seliger, about 400km north of Moscow, dressed in a sheepskin coat and felt boots.

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