For the forthcoming wedding of the Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneisl with businesswoman Wolfgang Meilinger, Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive accompanied by an ensemble of Don Cossacks. Apparently, the Russian leader decided in the Alps to arrange a real Russian dance. As the Austrian edition of OO Nachrichten reports today with reference to "well-informed sources," somewhere in the wine-growing economy in the south of the state of Styria, 10 people from an unnamed Cossack choir will perform traditional folk songs. One can only assume that the performance of the Cossacks will become a kind of gift to the President of the Russian Federation by newlyweds. On August 16, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov refused to disclose to journalists that Putin had prepared for the wedding presentation 53-year-old Knicele and her future 65-year-old husband. Meanwhile, the newspaper notes, Austrian authorities are seriously preparing for this event, taking into account the arrival of the owner of the Kremlin. In full combat readiness in the region are the fighters of the special unit "Cobra", the security of the airport Graz-Talerhof. At the same time, there are no special prohibitions on movement, however, passengers were warned in the air harbor to arrive an hour earlier on Saturday, August 18, because there will be additional checks. Under the ban hit drone. So far, the time of Putin's arrival in Styria remains a secret. The place of the wedding is called one of the hotels on the wine route of the region. In the media, it is noted that the president of Russia will be taken from Graz airport by helicopter to southern Styria. The visit is officially considered to be working.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an "ordinary security service". Wedding expenses, "including on a private security company," was taken personally by Knyazl.

Also at the ceremony are expected prominent Austrian politicians, including the Federal Chancellor of the Republic Sebastian Kurtz.

The first news that so excited Europe about Putin's arrival for the marriage of Austrian Foreign Minister was written on Wednesday, August 15, by the local newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Later this information was confirmed by Peskov. He said that the Russian president will call at the wedding on the way to Berlin, where he is scheduled to have talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the same day.