Peskov called the Valdai Forum and the exercises near Chelyabinsk parts of a single whole

Brief retelling from RIA II

Press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s participation in the Valdai Club meeting and his visit to military exercises near Chelyabinsk are part of one whole.

Putin visited the Chebarkulsky training ground in the Chelyabinsk region, where he observed the stage of the strategic command and staff exercises Center-2026 and the associated command and staff exercises Interaction-2026.

MOSCOW, October 4 - RIA Novosti. The participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the plenary session of the XXIII annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club and his visit to military exercises near Chelyabinsk are part of one whole, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

In an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin for the Vesti information system, Peskov called the possible comparison of these two visits correct.

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“And they will do the right thing, because these are all parts of a single whole,” Peskov said.