Vladimir Putin has started appearing in public more often amid falling ratings. However, he still rarely visits regions, Faridaily reported. In April and May, Putin participated in 60 public events, compared to only 55 in January-March, according to journalists citing official Kremlin press service publications. In total for January-May, Putin held 22% fewer public events than in the same period of 2025. In 2024 and the pre-war year of 2019, there were 1.5 times more such meetings than now, Faridaily calculated. Putin's events in April and May. In May, the politician traveled abroad twice: to China and Kazakhstan. Both visits were solemn and provided many news opportunities in state-controlled Russian media, journalists noted. In the same period last year, he did not leave the Russian Federation. Additionally, in May, Putin met with his 94-year-old former German teacher, Vera Gurevich, and with Peng Pai, a grown-up boy from China who first met the politician in 2000. Putin does not visit regions. However, as journalists noted, the politician still avoids trips to Russian regions. From January to May inclusive, he officially traveled out of Moscow only twice, both times to St. Petersburg. Last year, during this period, Putin visited regions eight times, in 2024 - 14 times, and in 2019 - 17 times, Faridaily calculated. Excluding trips to his hometown, the politician's last regional visit was to Samara in November 2025. Putin's non-public activities. The politician has not stopped working, but his priorities have likely changed, two sources suggested to the journalists. Recently, Putin has often met non-publicly with widows of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine, as well as with combat veterans, engaging in their adaptation to civilian life, one of Faridaily's sources said. Another noted that the politician holds non-public events on the topic of high technology and AI, which has recently interested him. Security concerns. In March, Faridaily noted that Putin had become less visible in public and less prone to travel to Russian regions. This is due to the politician's concerns about a possible coup or assassination attempt, according to a report from an unnamed European country's intelligence service published by "Vazhnye Istorii", CNN, and the Financial Times. Ratings. Putin's approval rating, according to VTsIOM, fell for seven weeks until the end of April, dropping from 73.3% to 65.6%. Subsequently, the state sociological center began combining telephone surveys with in-person interviews, and the rating started to rise again.