Russia's Putin, Belarus' Lukashenko spark backlash for skiing, snowboarding during mass protests

Russia's Putin, Belarus' Lukashenko spark backlash for skiing, snowboarding during mass protests https://ift.tt/rsPScj Minsk to Moscow, there has been an extended season of discontent, so the images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko shushing down ski slopes and snowboarding in the mountains around Sochi evoked some strong reaction.