'Putin show' laments Vienna

vienna - The Russian president Putin brings a working visit to Vienna on Tuesday. According to local media, the Austrian capital is being lamented for 'the Putin show' by security measures and deposits for nine hours. Eight hundred agents and hundreds of soldiers watch over the city and its guest from Russia.

It is Putin's first working visit to a country of the European Union since he was re-elected in March. Prior to the visit, he stressed to the Austrian public broadcaster that Russia does not support nationalist forces in the EU. According to Putin, Russia does not want to divide anything or anyone in the EU and is not interested in a weak EU, but rather wants it as a flourishing trading partner. 'He repeated in the interview that his country is not involved in the downsizing of flight MH17 in 2014 over Eastern Ukraine.

Putin arrives at the beginning of the afternoon and is received at the Hofburg. He speaks among others with President Alexander van der Bellen and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In the evening, before flying back to Russia, he opens the Kunsthistorisch Museum an exhibition of masterpieces from the St. Peterburg Hermitage.

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