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On July 19, 2019, Vladimir Putin visited Tulun in Russia’s Irkutsk Region, which had been badly hit by flooding. At a temporary accommodation center, he met with families who had lost their homes in the disaster. There, Putin had a short conversation with six-year-old Matvey Safronov. When he saw him, the boy simply asked, “Are you Putin?” He then introduced himself as Matvey Safronov Nikolaevich and said that he had previously only seen the president on television. Matvey also spoke about his flooded kindergarten and asked Putin to remember his name. Putin said he would return again to see how the schools and kindergartens were being rebuilt after the floods. #putin