Sputnik reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a live broadcast on December 19, combined with a press conference. The head of state directly summarizes the results of the past year and answers questions from journalists and Russian citizens.
The program "Results of the year with Vladimir Putin" will air at noon Moscow time. Federal TV stations broadcast three to four hours.
A call center was set up to collect people's requests; started operating on the night of December 8. Questions will be accepted until the end of the program.
According to data from Rossiya 24 TV channel, the total number of questions from Russian citizens sent directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin's line had reached two million, three hours before the program began.
For the first time this year, artificial intelligence (AI) is connected to process questions on a direct line with President Putin. AI helps process a wide range of different data. President Putin himself, at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, spoke about the results of using AI to handle direct questions beyond all expectations.
According to statistics collected from questions received by Sber's Giga Chat artificial intelligence, citizens under 18 years old are directly interested in educational and scientific issues. People aged 18 to 35 are mainly interested in housing.
Russian citizens aged 30 to 50 are most concerned about issues related to the health care system. People aged 50 and over are interested in social policies.
Artificial Intelligence also identifies top domestic hot topics, including housing affordability, utilities and health care.
The issue of food prices has also become one of the most urgent topics that Russians contact via the president's direct line. Russia is also concerned about issues related to the special military operation in Ukraine as well as support for soldiers and their families.
Among the most urgent issues on the topic of housing and social services are the issue of roads and infrastructure, sports fields and children, the condition of roofs, and water supply and drainage problems.
Foreign policy issues were also highlighted. Russian people also directly questioned the international agenda, many of whom were interested in Moscow's deeper interaction with US President-elect Donald Trump.
Other topics included BRICS, independence from the US dollar and cooperation with China. Many subscribers to the "Results of the Year" program are concerned about drills involving the US military near the Russian border. In response, the Russian people proposed holding joint Russia-China drills off the US.
