Australia’s news.com.au reports that Russia’s Vladamir Putin arranged for an Abba cover band called “Bjorn Again” to fly form London to Moscow, then from Moscow via a 9 hour bus ride to a remote military barracks to play a 1 hour set of Abba tunes for former Russian president Putin and a female companion seated behind a curtain.  For its services, the band was paid $45,000, reportedly paid for by the Russian government.

To quote Mel Brooks from History of the World Part I – “its good to be the king.”