Putin inspects border troops

Updated: 2014-03-04 11:42

(Agencies)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and head of the Russian army's main department of combat preparation Ivan Buvaltsev watch military exercises at the Kirillovsky firing ground in the Leningrad region, March 3, 2014. Putin on Monday watched Russian tanks and armoured vehicles trundle across the training ground in the north-west of the country.  [Photo/Agencies]