Golikova admitted that she was flattered when Putin protected her from the weather.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova called Russian President Vladimir Putin a real man. She stated this on May 3.

"It's not very convenient for me, I always wanted to take care of him, after all, he's a leader," Golikova said.

During a visit to the center, the head of state, noticing that the Deputy Prime Minister was without an umbrella, opened it and protected her from rain and snow during the tour. This moment was accompanied by a joke from the president.

Golikova added that such attention from the head of state causes her positive emotions. At the same time, she stressed that, in her opinion, care should be shown towards the president himself.

"I'm very flattered, very pleased, but we still have to take care of him," she said with Vesti News agency journalist Pavel Zarubin.

"Each of the small nations is the keeper of unique traditions"

At a meeting with small nations, Putin learned the secret of the Vepsian gates, promised to build a bridge to Sakhalin and spoke about the power of the Russian bear.

Earlier, on April 26, it became known that Putin, at the request of world boxing champion Anastasia Shamonova, took a picture with the athlete in a boxing stance. It was noted that the incident occurred in the Kremlin after the solemn ceremony of awarding state awards to world boxing champions.