“It was part of my plan,” he said in an interview with Kommersant, commenting on the fact that his visit to Moscow coincided with the highest temperatures in decades.

Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, said that the temperature in Russia until the end of summer, according to preliminary forecasts, will be high.

He noted that the weather will be "nervous" - against the background of a clearly visible trend, strong fluctuations will be noticeable.