Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he opposes any violence in Myanmar, and every Russian citizen has the right to express his own opinion on this issue, including the leaders of the regions.
"As for the opinion of Russian citizens on the foreign policy of the Russian state, everyone has the right to express their own opinion, regardless of his official position," he said at a press conference following the results of the BRICS summit. ”This also concerns the leaders of the regions,” TASS quotes Putin as saying. The Russian president assured that "there is no ‘Fronde’ on the part of the leader of Chechnya."