OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin took the helm of an aviation simulator at a flight school in Krasnodar.

Putin visited the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School on Thursday. The President also tested the operation of one of the exercise machines himself. The footage was published in his telegram channel by TV journalist Pavel Zarubin.

The president was in the cockpit of the simulator with a female pilot. "Shall we take a ride?" Putin joked, climbing into the cockpit.