RUSSIA: Putin Charity Appearance Yields Publicity...But No Charity.

NYTIMES/ A. KRAMER

     In December, PM Vladimir Putin sang a version of “Blueberry Hill” in English and played a piano at a charity event for hospitals treating children with cancer.
     But now, three months later, the mother of a 13-year-old girl with cancer claims that the hospitals never got any money...causing a controversy in Russia...because she insinuated that the primary purpose was to show-off Putin rather than aid children.