Pancake diplomacy! Russia's Putin and China's Xi bond over cooking

Pancake making seems to be a way of bonding for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier Xi Jinping. The pair were spotted wearing blue aprons, pouring out batter and turning the pancakes over before eating them with cavier and a shot of vodka on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. As new agency AFP reported, this was the second time that Putin and Xi were foraying into batter-based cooking. When Xi visited China in June, Putin made a Chinese pancake which Xi tried.