Popular Politics channel host Dmitry Nizovtsev phoned the son of Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Nikolai, on the air and, introducing himself as a military commissar, told him to come for a medical examination at 10 am the next day.
“At 10 morning, of course, tomorrow I will not come. If you know that I am Mr. Peskov, you must understand how it is not entirely correct for me to be there. I will solve this at a different level, ”Nikolai, 32, answered Nizovtsev after he dropped several calls from the host.
Peskov’s son added that he needed to “understand what is happening” and “what he has rights.» “Tomorrow to be taken away — believe me, neither you nor I need it. I have no problem defending my homeland — but I need to understand the expediency of my appearance there, I’m telling you about certain political nuances, ”concluded Nikolai.
Dmitry Peskov told Podyom that from a conversation between his son and supporters of the oppositionist Alexei Navalny «cut out the semantic part.» “First ask them to lay out the entire conversation. I have no doubts about his only right choice. And so does he,» the presidential press secretary explained.
Peskov's family — his children Nikolai and Elizaveta, as well as his wife Tatiana Navka — were on US and EU sanctions lists after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today, Vladimir Putin announced the «partial mobilization» of Russians who are in the reserve. The Ministry of Defense reported that it will affect 300,000 people.
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