Peskov commented on Putin's trip to the Chelyabinsk Plant

Meetings of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin are routine in nature and are not of electoral significance. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the press secretary of President Dmitry Peskov.

“Mr. Putin is precisely from other politicians in that he actually engaged in a daily basis in that many other populist politicians do only in the election time. This is a favorable difference between President Putin and Populist politicians, ”Peskov said.

According to Peskov, the president constantly “holds a hand on the pulse of life in the region” and tracks what specific enterprises are experiencing.

Putin met with employees of one of the Chelyabinsk factories on December 5. To the question of one of the employees, what he dreams about, the president said that he wanted to “successfully end his career,” and then travel.

In 2016, the number of Russians who would like to see Vladimir Putin as president after 2018 reached the maximum in four years and amounted to 63%. The number of those who do not want the fourth presidential term of Putin from October 2012 decreased from 40% to 19%. Putin previously stated that he would decide whether to run for a fourth term, "according to the results and moods in society."