Kremlin says traditional event will not take place in further sign leader is becoming more remote
Vladimir Putin will not held a year-end press conference for the first time in at least a decade in what Kremlin-watchers view as a break with protocol due to his war in Ukraine.
The marathon press-conferences are traditionally an occasion for the Russian president to burnish his image, a campy spectacle that sees Putin play the populist on national television each December.
Continue reading…Kremlin says traditional event will not take place in further sign leader is becoming more remoteVladimir Putin will not held a year-end press conference for the first time in at least a decade in what Kremlin-watchers view as a break with protocol due to his war in Ukraine.The marathon press-conferences are traditionally an occasion for the Russian president to burnish his image, a campy spectacle that sees Putin play the populist on national television each December. Continue reading…