According to her, she and her husband often talk about politics, including with their children, and explain and tell them the history of each country.
“We really talk a lot about politics at home, including about Russia, and we just don't like it when only bad things are said about one country, it’s impossible - there are always two sides of the coin,” the woman said.
She also said that her son “was interested in why it happened this way and not otherwise,” and his parents explained to him.
“Mattias somehow admired this, and at some point he came up to me and said:“ Mom, I have to write a letter to Putin. ”
We told him that the president, of course, has other concerns.
In general, we said - okay, let's try, write what you think, what you want to say, ”she said.
According to her, Matthias wrote the entire text himself, and the parents helped to print it on the computer in the font that the child chose.
“Nobody believes us, they think that we forced him, but no, it really all came into his head.
We could not even think that they would answer us.
They just told their son, let you try and see, ”said the boy's mother.
Earlier it was reported that Matthias Brandstätter wrote a letter to the President of Russia with an appeal "not to lose faith in Europe" and conveyed it through the Russian ambassador.
The Russian Embassy in Austria reported that "at the request of Matthias, they sent him a photo of the Russian president with a personal autograph."