It’s unclear whether they’d ever heard it before playing it Monday for Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Egypt for the first time in a decade on Monday. And Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the rest of his government were very excited.
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They even brought out the younger members of the Egyptian ballet at the Cairo Opera House.
...Okay.
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But then they brought out the Egyptian Army's orchestra to play the Russian national anthem. Or at least that's what we think was happening here.
