During his visit to St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin stopped his motorcade after visiting the Admiralty and stepped out to greet the people waiting in the street. According to \u00abThe Agency\u00bb, citing reports from the Kremlin press pool, the interaction lasted approximately 40 seconds. This is the second such incident in the last month and a half.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n The RIA Novosti Kremlin press pool\u2019s Telegram channel reported that the motorcade had stopped and that Putin had stepped out to address the crowd. The \u00abRussia 1\u00bb television channel reported that he had stepped out of the car without his jacket.<\/p>\n According to a video published by a correspondent from the Kremlin press pool Pavlo Zarubin<\/strong>, outside the car Putin<\/strong> It lasted about 40 seconds in total. The first reports of the meeting appeared at 20:33, whilst the video itself was not published on Telegram until 22:33. The \u00abagency\u00bb notes that, as a result, the incident went almost unnoticed by many media outlets.<\/p>\n Before his trip to St Petersburg, Putin last appeared in public on the streets in June, during a visit to Kazan. The previous such occasion was in July 2025 \u2014 also in St Petersburg, during Navy Day.<\/p>\n Following the outbreak of Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine, Putin\u2019s first recorded public appearance took place in September 2022 in Kaliningrad. In March 2023, he spoke to residents of the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol during a night-time visit.<\/p>\n According to the \u00abAgency\u2019s\u00bb estimates, more frequent street protests began following the uprising Evgeny Prigozhin<\/strong> in June 2023. A few days later, Putin addressed the public in Derbent; in July, in Kronstadt; in August, in the Kursk Region; and on 1 September, in the Tver Region.<\/p>\n In 2024, he spoke to people for the first time six days after murders<\/a> Alexei Navalny<\/strong>: 22 February \u2014 near one of the villages in Chuvashia. Subsequently, similar incidents took place in Stavropol and Torzhok; the latter occurred five days after the terrorist attack at \u00abCrocus City Hall\u00bb. That summer, Putin addressed the public on 18 and 26 June and on 20 August.<\/p>\n \u00abThe Agency\u00bb points out that the statement on 26 June came after a double terrorist attack in Dagestan, whilst the August meeting took place two weeks after the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 operation in the Kursk region. This does not prove a direct link between a specific crisis and each appearance, but it does point to a similar frequency of such public gestures during periods of tension for the Kremlin.<\/p>\n According to the publication, the current developments are taking place against the backdrop of a series of crises linked to the war against Ukraine: an environmental disaster in the Black Sea, a logistical blockade of Crimea, fuel crisis<\/a> and blows to Wildberries<\/a>. \u00abThe Agency\u00bb also reports a fall in the approval ratings of the Russian authorities, particularly Putin.<\/p>\n Brief interactions with the crowd can be a way for a leader to publicly demonstrate their closeness to the public. At the same time, the format used in St Petersburg \u2014 less than a minute of interaction and a delay in the release of the video \u2014 significantly limited its visibility.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Putin has appeared in public for the second time in a month and a half. 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A brief meeting and a delay with the video<\/h2>\n
The second release since June<\/h2>\n
Periods of frequent public appearances<\/h2>\n
Against the backdrop of the issues reported by \u00abThe Agency\u00bb<\/h2>\n