“Putin will hold an annual press conference on December 23rd. This will be a face-to-face press conference. The President will come to & nbsp; journalists, journalists will ask in the usual, as always happens, free questions to the head of state.This large annual press conference of the president will be held at the Manege. The number of places will be limited, unfortunately, 500. Usually we have over 1000 & minus; 1100 and & nbsp; t. etc. & raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; told Peskov.
According to & nbsp; he said, due to the & nbsp; limited number of seats, the & nbsp; press conference will not & nbsp; be free accreditation. The presidential administration will itself go out to journalists of the federal media who cover the president's agenda. Regional and & nbsp; foreign media will also be invited. Journalists, operators, photographers will need to pass three PCR tests to & nbsp; enter the & nbsp; event. From & nbsp; 1 & nbsp; December, the Kremlin's accreditation service will begin to contact the media on & nbsp; this issue.
Previously, Vedomosti reported with & nbsp; referring to & nbsp; sources that & nbsp; Putin's press conference may take place in & nbsp; the second half of December, probably on & nbsp; 23 & nbsp; December & nbsp; & mdash; on the & nbsp; day of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In & nbsp; last year, the president's press conference was also & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Thursday, 17 & nbsp; December. It was held in a & nbsp; new format: the press conference was combined with the president's & nbsp; direct line, which was canceled due to the & nbsp; coronavirus pandemic.
Some of the journalists were quarantined before the & nbsp; press conference, so they were able to ask questions to Putin, sitting with & nbsp; him in & nbsp; Novo-Ogarevo. The rest of the media asked questions about & nbsp; video link from & nbsp; World Trade Center on & nbsp; Krasnaya Presnya. Also in & nbsp; several regions have created special platforms for & nbsp; local media.