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For the first time in the last decade, Vladimir Putin’s long-awaited annual press conference did not take place this year. The event, which was held ritually in December, was canceled. Another key meeting, the “Direct Line” program, in which the head of the Kremlin answers the questions of Russians from all over the country, is not planned. The third highlight, the annual address of the head of state to the Federal Assembly, although enshrined in the Constitution, has been postponed until 2023. Ten months after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin appears to be running out of media. ammunition.
In recent years he was said to have grown increasingly irritated by the interminable exercise of the Straight Line, four hours “Therapy for the people”., according to political scientist Tatyana Stanovaya. Now, with successive military setbacks, Western sanctions…
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Source: Le Figaro
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