President Vladimir Putin was shown smiling and joking with his defence minister as he inspected a big military exercise in Russia's far east, thousands of miles from the war in Ukraine.
The "Vostok" exercises involve troops from China and India, although it was not clear if units from those countries were taking part in the portion observed by Putin.
The Zvezda military news service showed a clip of Putin seated next to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, exchanging a joke as they listened to a phone exchange between Shoigu's deputy and the head of the general staff.
