According to TASS, as of the press conference, there were more than 2 million questions from people sent to President Putin, after 11 days of being open to receive questions in many different forms. The questions will be selected and Mr. Putin will get an overview of the questions sent.
According to statistics from Radio Rossiya-24, the most popular form of people sending questions is still the phone, with more than 1.1 million calls to the direct line. In addition, more than 477,000 question messages were sent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the event on December 14
Top issues of interest to Russians among the questions submitted included healthcare, roads, housing, utilities and social media payments. The special military campaign in Ukraine is also an issue of high concern.
In 2023, Moscow received more than 2.8 million questions and concerns from people to President Putin. Previously, the press conference and Q&A session were two separate events but were combined in 2020 and this is the third time it has been held in this combined format. Since 2001, Q&A sessions have been held 18 times, while year-end press conferences have been held 16 times, not including times when two events were combined.
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According to Sputnik, in addition to questions from the people, Mr. Putin will also receive and answer questions from Russian and international journalists. In 2023, the press conference event took place on December 14, 2023 and lasted 4 hours, President Putin answered 67 questions, of which 26 came from the people and 33 came from the media.
