“He really does this sometimes, because when the Kremlin schedule - and today the Kremlin schedule - he prefers just in the evening, when there is not such heavy traffic, also so as not to create unnecessary discomfort for motorists during rush hour, so he arrives late in the evening, which is what he did yesterday,” a Kremlin spokesman told reporters.

The day before, Dmitry Peskov said that the president recorded an address to citizens in connection with the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow after a sleepless night. He had meetings every morning and afternoon.