MOSCOW, Feb 18Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce a message to the Federal Assembly in March, a source in parliament told RIA Novosti. «The message, according to information at the moment, is planned for March,» the source said. on economic issues. He noted that it opens a series of events for the preparation of the message, and instructed the ministers to calculate all the projects. Putin emphasized that the appeal to the parliament is not a promise of some kind of gingerbread and additional benefits, but an opportunity to announce the direction of the country's development and improve the well-being of Russians. />17 February, 18:25 Putin called the message to parliament a demonstration of the direction of the country's developmentMessage to the Federal AssemblyOnce a year, the president addresses the parliament with a message on the state of affairs in the country and the main directions of domestic and foreign policy. This is a programmatic political and legal document that expresses the vision of the strategic vectors of Russia's development in the near future and includes political, economic, ideological provisions, as well as specific proposals for the legislative work of both chambers of the Federal Assembly. By tradition, the event is attended by senators, State Duma deputies, members of the government , heads of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, the governor's corps, chairmen of legislative assemblies of the country's constituent entities, heads of traditional confessions, public figures, including heads of regional public chambers, editors-in-chief of the largest media. As Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, this year the date and format will depend, among other things, on the epidemiological situation.
