INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Kremlin said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual press conference on Dec
delayed to February."On December 14, Vladimir Putin will sum up the results of the year
It will be a combined format of the direct line and the president's final press conference," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
ordinary citizens to ask the Russian leader to solve their daily problems, while the annual press conference gives journalists the
opportunity to question the president on a range of issues.At the same time, Putin is expected next month to announce that he will run in
next year's presidential election, though it is not clear if his announcement will come before or after the combined call-in and press
