“Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded the highest rank in taekwondo, it is reported.

While on a visit to South Korea, he received a ninth-degree black belt from Choue Chung-won, president of the World Taekwondo Federation, Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency reports.

The Russian president has now eclipsed the likes of martial artist and actor Chuck Norris, who is reported to have an eighth-degree black belt in taekwondo.””* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24925270

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