Tyva

One image showed a Russian army ID card issued to a 26-year-old man from Russia's Tyva region bordering Mongolia.

Over the past week, the pandemic entered its worst stage so far in a diverse set of Russian regions, including the Republic of Tyva on the border with Mongolia, which is now the worst-affected region in Russia in terms of infections per capita.

Sunday’s episode featured clips of Mr. Putin’s recent trip to the Tyva Republic in southern Siberia.

This year Russia’s 65-year-old leader returned to one of his favorite holiday spots: the far-flung wilderness of Siberia’s remote Tyva region.

A fishing pole was an essential part of the luggage he took to a lake in the Tyva Republic in southern Siberia, where he stayed from Tuesday to Thursday.