Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko took part in a friendly hockey match in Strelna on Wednesday, which took place at the end of their meeting in St. Petersburg. The leaders of both countries played in the same team – for “white” against “red”. Putin stepped on the ice under his “traditional” number 11, Lukashenko at number 1.
The Russian president opened the scoring by hitting his opponent's goal in the third minute, and Lukashenko soon scored the team's second point. Putin scored a total of seven goals at the end of the match, while his Belarusian guest scored two.
The overall score of the match was 18: 7 in favor of White. The youngest son of Belarusian President Nikolai Lukashenko brought the presidential team four goals.