(Reuters) – Dozens of villagers thronged and cheered Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout an unannounced go to on Friday to a neighborhood close to Moscow the place he has ancestral ties.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov informed Russian media that Putin visited the village of Turginovo to see locations related along with his household.
Video posted by native information websites confirmed dozens of residents flocking the beaming president after he emerged from a automotive within the village sq. at nightfall.
“Good well being, energy and good luck,” one girl stated. “Thanks for coming to see us. For remembering us.”
Throughout a cease lasting only some minutes, Putin expressed shock {that a} science instructor on the native college was endeavor a doctoral diploma and promised improved circumstances to draw certified individuals to the realm.
Residents informed him they wanted extra and higher housing.
“Sure, sure, I agree, We’ll do every part step by step,” Putin informed them in the course of the encounter lasting only some minutes. “My greatest needs on the beginning of the college yr.”
He was returning to Moscow after talking to college students at a “administration lab” close to the capital on “Data Day”, Sept. 1, the normal begin of the college yr.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Modifying by Cynthia Osterman)