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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu answered a question about relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the air of the YouTube channel “Solovyov Live”. However, I did not specify the details.
“Indeed, there is mutual understanding,” Shoigu said about contacts with the head of state.
“But I don’t think that we, I don’t think it’s possible to share such things about our relations with the Supreme Commander-in-Chief,” Shoigu also noted.
He then stressed that he had known Vladimir Putin for many years, but he was still excited when the president invited him to head the list of the United Russia party” in the State Duma elections.
According to Shoigu, 15 years ago he believed that the party stage in his life had passed, and he did not plan to participate in any elections.
” But, you know, the president’s proposal in this part is not just a huge honor, it is a huge responsibility. Here, the first desire is to complete this task, ” Shoigu admitted, adding that his first desire was to complete the task.