A still from the New Year's address by Russian President Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, Jan 10 The channel became the highest-rated television event not only on December 31, but throughout 2021, according to a press release from the channel, citing Mediascope data. Russia, which on Channel One was watched by at least more than twice as many viewers as the same broadcast event on other channels, «the channel said. It is also reported that Channel One became the most popular TV channel on the last day of 2021. «The share of television viewing of the First Channel in the nighttime prime on December 31 (23.00 — 01.00) was 29.3% (Russia 1 — 17.6%, NTV — 13.9%). for all recent years, «- the message says. 
Putin jokingly answered the question of what he will do on New Year's Eve
