MOSCOW, Nov 30. Direct line and annual Vladimir Putin's press conference will be held on December 14, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
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"On December 14, Vladimir Putin will sum up the results of the year, it will be a program — still a project of television channels. And this will be a combined format of a direct line and a final press conference of the president,” he explained.
The specially created studio will contain media representatives — journalists from Russian regions, federal media, as well as foreign journalists accredited in Moscow , Peskov clarified.
On December 1st, the reception of questions from citizens for the direct line will begin. You can ask them in several ways:
- by toll-free number 8-800-200-40-40 ;
- by sending a free SMS to the number 0-40-40;
- via the moskva website -putinu.ru;
- in the social networks «VKontakte», «Odnoklassniki»;
- via mobile applications.
Peskov added that the combined direct line and the annual big press conference will not have a clear timing. This is always a long and meaningful event of a special nature, he emphasized.
At the call center, calls with questions along with volunteers will be received by ONF employees. As the head of the executive committee of the Popular Front, Mikhail Kuznetsov, said, the editorial group will select the most pressing questions and propose them to the president, and he will choose which of them to answer.