MOSCOW—In an effort to strengthen ties with exterior teams two years into Russia’s extensively condemned invasion of Ukraine, an more and more remoted Vladimir Putin confirmed Wednesday that he had tried becoming a member of an grownup kickball league. “I discovered this intramural league that performs in central Moscow, and kickball is perhaps a very enjoyable solution to get on the market and meet new individuals, which I might actually use proper now with all of the stuff that’s occurring in my life geopolitically,” stated the five-term Russian president, explaining that along with the chance to seek out pals and confidants after having turn into a world pariah, he hoped the common practices and sport schedule would supply construction and routine to an existence he acknowledged was “form of rudderless” recently. “Perhaps it sounds foolish, nevertheless it’s good to have a spot the place I really feel like I belong at a time when it appears as if the entire world has turned in opposition to me. They go to craft breweries after each sport to hang around, which is cool. There’s even a man on the group who makes his personal sauerkraut.” At press time, Putin had reportedly give up the kickball league in frustration after a lonely President Joe Biden additionally joined.
