According to him, voiced during the marathon “Knowledge.

First” of the Russian Society “Knowledge”, during a recent meeting, Putin fully supported Dodik in his “very balanced, thoughtful, but firm position.”

“This is the same example when a small nation retains its sovereignty and makes it so that, despite naked, monstrous pressure, it still stands on its feet,” RIA Novosti quotes Peskov.

Earlier, Putin thanked Dodik for maintaining relations between Republika Srpska and Russia.

Dodik, in turn, called these relations promising.