Putin blames off-key piano for hesitant musical rendition

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday an impromptu piano rendition he gave on the sidelines of a meeting in Beijing had been hampered by an out of tune instrument.Putin was captured on camera on Sunday sitting down at a grand piano in a Chinese state residence, and performing a few slightly hesitant chords of two popular Soviet-era compositions, "Moscow Windows" and "Evening Song."Asked at a news briefing in Beijing on Monday about his performance, Putin said he had just been idly toyi