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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that the foreigner with whom Russian President Vladimir Putin had a meeting in the Kremlin on the evening of 3 March was former French Prime Minister François Fillon. The press secretary of the Head of State did not reveal the real name of the President’s interlocutor.

«I can refute it. Information of colleagues is not correct», - commented Dmitry Peskov the version of the media about Fiyon. On the request of journalists to name the real name of a foreigner, the representative of the Kremlin added: «No, this refers to personal meetings of the President».

On March 4, Vladimir Putin told about a meeting in the Kremlin with a certain foreigner. The Head of State shared that his interlocutor was surprised by the lively Moscow during the coronavirus pandemic. Later, Dmitry Peskov told journalists that he did not know the name of Putin’s interlocutor, as this meeting falls under the category of personal contacts.