Foreign citizens can submit questions to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual year-end Q&A with the public, Russian telecommunications giant Rostelecom, which handles the questions, said.
Foreigners can call the mobile hotline (+7 (499) 550-40-40 and +7 (495) 539-40-40) or send questions online on moskva-putinu.ru.
The program's call center, located at the headquarters of the All-Russian People's Front movement, began operating at 3:00 p.m. Moscow time on December 4.
According to the Russian People's Front, as of noon on December 5, more than 100,000 calls and messages with various questions have been received and processed. By the evening of the same day, this number had nearly reached 150,000.
The live Q&A session and important press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to take place at 12:00 on December 9, Moscow time.
In 2024, the annual Q&A session and year-end press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted 4 and a half hours, in which the Russian President answered 76 questions, including 14 questions related to the Ukrainian conflict. The questions came from 33 media representatives, including bloggers and hosts, along with nearly 30 Russian citizens.
In addition, there were questions from 6 foreign media outlets, including news agencies from the US and UK.
President Putin's longest annual dialogue with the Russian people took place in 2008 and lasted 4 hours and 40 minutes.
