“Our Chinese colleagues have repeatedly stressed, and this event once again confirmed that the President of Russia was the main guest at this event, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to him, the Chinese colleagues met many wishes of the Russian side and helped make the visit of the head of state as comfortable as possible.
Earlier it was reported that Putin topped the top mentioned people in Russian-language social media against the backdrop of the Beijing Games.
On February 4, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, called the meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing warm and constructive.