Sands: the President attends a military exercise, because he is the commander-in-chief

The president of Russia Vladimir Putin always attends major exercises, as is the supreme commander, reports RIA Novosti news agency the statement a press-the secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov. According to Peskov, the president on monday will attend the exercise "Zapad-2017" in the leningrad region. On the question of the participation of Putin in the maneuvers, Peskov said the president will observe at the site during strategic exercises. This Peskov denied the possibility that the president's trip is connected with concern of Western countries, which they expressed in connection with maneuvers. No, the trip is not associated with it. This is a common (trip) major doctrine. Putin always attends as commander in chief of this country, said the spokesman. We will remind, the Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-207" started yesterday and will last until september 20. It involves to 12. 7 thousand military personnel, about 370 pieces of military equipment and more than 40 aircraft.