Putin presented one of the participants of the Center-2026 exercises with a watch

On October 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a personalized watch to one of the participants in the Center-2026 strategic exercises. The award ceremony took place at the Chebarkul training ground during an inspection of the exposition of samples of weapons, military and special equipment.

The Russian leader got acquainted with the samples presented at the exhibition. One of the participants of the event told the head of state about the details of the exposition. When the military began to leave after the speech, Vladislav Kitaev, the head of the presidential protocol, recalled the planned gift. The relevant footage was shown in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin."

"As a keepsake. Congratulations," the head of state said during the presentation, the recording was posted on the page of the Russia 1 channel on the VKontakte social network.

Dawn exercises: Putin checked the combat training of the united forces

The President personally inspected the key stage of the "Center-2026" and checked the coherence of the foreign contingents.

Putin has been observing the exercises at the Chebarkul training ground since October 2. There he talked with foreign military attaches. The Russian leader positively assessed the results of the exercise, in which the soldiers used the latest missile system "Product 347", practiced missile firing at naval targets and provided cover for the Tu-160 strategic missile carrier over the Caspian Sea.