In one of the most-bizarre true new stories of 2014, to honour the Russian President's 62nd birthday, a one-night-only art display of "The 12 Labours of Putin" was created by an artist who adores his nation's leader. An ode to the 12 labours of Hercules - in which the ancient Greek mythical legend killed the Nemean Lion and captured the Cretan Bull, among other things - Putin is depicted shooting down American warplanes with a bow and arrow, as well as strangling a terrorist with his bare hands. In other bizarre 62nd-birthday tributes, a 2,000-foot-long Russian flag was created by Grozny natives who stood on the streets of the town dressed in different colours, while a huge banner with a cartoon of US President Barack Obama wearing a Putin T-shirt was hung from a bridge. They Russians really do love Putin, don't they?
