Post by @putin.momentss

She was only a child, but she remembered one promise perfectly. When Putin appeared in front of her again, Sonya simply reminded him: you promised to show me the Kremlin. The story began on June 1, 2011, when Vladimir Putin visited the opening of the Federal Research and Clinical Center for Children’s Hematology, Oncology and Immunology in Moscow. There he met Sonya, a young patient from Pskov receiving treatment at the center. Sonya gave him a coffee cup and saucer that she had painted herself. In return, she made one unusual request: she wanted to visit the Kremlin and see the “red tower” with her own eyes. Several months passed. When Putin returned to the center in February 2012, Sonya was not too shy to remind him that the promised Kremlin trip still had not happened. This time, a date was set: she and her parents were invited to visit on May 9, Victory Day. And the promise was kept. After the Victory Day parade, Sonya and her parents were given a tour of the Moscow Kremlin. She saw the Tsar Cannon, the Tsar Bell and the ceremonial halls of the Grand Kremlin Palace, inspected fireplaces, played a few notes on a piano and even picked up a Kremlin telephone. Then, near the Faceted Chamber, Putin was waiting for them. At tea, he poured Sonya a cup and offered to help her, but she simply pulled the sugar bowl toward herself. Putin smiled and called her an “independent young lady.” Her father said that Sonya’s long-held dream had finally come true — and Putin recalled the key detail: she had personally reminded him about his promise. Afterward, reporters asked Sonya what she thought of the president. Her childlike answer became perhaps the most unexpected line of the entire story: “An ordinary person. Normal. Just a person.” Twelve years later, the now-grown Sofia said she still remembered the meeting and was especially struck by the interiors of the Kremlin. She recalled that her original motivation was simply to see that famous “red tower.”