Putin came out to "talk to the people" in Novosibirsk. Near an empty gas station.
Tuple has stopped on the southeastern outskirts Novosibirsk, next to the Rostiks cafe. Putin got out of the car and walked toward several dozen children standing on the side of the road, squealing with joy.
Judging by the video footage from the top floor, there's also a Teboil gas station nearby. It's empty. рассказал subscriber to the Siberian Express publication, at that moment there was no gas on it. Also write, that along the entire route of the presidential motorcade, the gas price boards were turned off.
“[Putin] stood for a few minutes, got into the car and drove off to the shouts of a small crowd,” — the subscriber clarified.
Local Telegram channel "Incident Novosibirsk" notesChildren began gathering at this location long before the motorcade passed. Some waited for more than two hours.
Drivers standing on the closed street nearby had to wait about the same amount of time.
"He'd be better off talking to the residents who've been stuck in traffic for hours, waiting for him to leave," people wrote in the comments section of the news about Putin's appearance. "It's a shame he didn't make it out alive." "They could have at least given the president a gift. A basket of our Siberian apples, for example." "The Constitutional Court will give him some apples."
