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September 14, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin will put himself in self-isolation due to a series of Covid cases in his entourage, the Kremlin said, after Putin had a telephone conversation with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, to whom he said that will remotely participate in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to be held in Dushanbé on 16 and 17 September. 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin was tested for coronavirus and

. According to Peskov, the Russian president is "absolutely healthy", but he has decided to isolate himself anyway. Putin is fully vaccinated and received the second dose of Sputnik V last April.

Peskov did not disclose

but he assured that the Russian president will continue to work as usual. As for Putin's positive contacts, Peskov did not mention names, only saying that it would be

.

Putin participated in some public events on Monday, including military exercises with

, as well as meeting

Russian

and Syrian President

.

Already at the meeting with the athletes on Monday, the Kremlin leader had hypothesized this possibility. "Even in my circle there are problems with this Covid", "we have to understand what is happening. I think I myself may have to go into quarantine soon. Many people around me are ill," he said on that occasion according to the agency. Ria Novosti print.

Asked why Putin attended Monday's events anyway, the spokesman replied that the president's decision to self-isolate came after "the doctors completed their tests and procedures." "Nobody's health was endangered" in Monday's events, the spokesman assured.