Putin traveled outside Moscow and St. Petersburg for the first time in seven months
On June 17-18, Vladimir Putin is visiting Kazan, where the Russia-ASEAN summit is taking place. This is his first such trip to the region in the last seven months. Such long breaks did not occur even during the pandemic.

In the Kazan Kremlin, Putin appeared to people surrounded by a large number of guards and soldiers in camouflage, writes Novaya Gazeta. Europe.
He has not held similar meetings for almost a whole year. Media link this to his falling ratings and an intention to show that the politician still feels safe.
From January to May, he officially left Moscow only twice — both times to St. Petersburg. In 2025, during this period, he made eight regional trips. He was last in a region where he does not have a residence in November 2025 — then Putin visited Samara.
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