Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a major end-of-the-year press conference today noon Azerbaijan time (13:00 GMT), addressing the nation`s economic concerns and issues on the international agenda.
This is the 11th press conference Putin will have with Russian and international journalists during the three terms he has served as head of state. These large press meetings, held once a year, usually last several hours.
Almost 1,400 journalists have received accreditation for this year’s event, according to the Kremlin website. Some Azerbaijani journalist are among them.
This year, the questions are expected to center around the Russian economy, heavily reliant on crude, and how it will cope with the continuing slump in global prices, as well as the social rights of citizens and corruption.
Putin introduced the tradition of holding the annual press conferences in 2011.
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