Russian player hires a bear for his son's birthday

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A Russian footballer has been criticised for hiring a bear to perform at his son’s second birthday party earlier this week.

Midfielder Kirill Kombarov, who plays for FC Torpedo Moscow, came under fire after he posted images of the muzzled bear, also wearing a tie, on his social media profiles. One image, now deleted from his Instagram profile, showed his two-year-old son sitting on the back of the bear while the rest of his family pose behind.

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