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Putin to hold traditional annual press conference to close out 2021
Baku, December 23, AZERTAC
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his large annual press conference on Thursday. He will speak with reporters for the 17th time in this format, according to TASS.
This year the annual press conference will return to the in-person mode and will be held in the Moscow Manege. The event starts at 12:00 Moscow time. In 2020, Putin held the press conference in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, with the majority of reporters talking to him over a video bridge.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov specified that this year the event was adapted to the pandemic situation technologically. "The situation is relatively calm from an epidemiological standpoint," the press secretary added.
As the presidential press secretary said, this event is very important to Putin in terms of summarizing the year’s results, including in the economy, domestic politics, and international relations.