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President Vladimir Putin meets 1,113 journalists · 2007-02-01 15:10
Record 1,113 journalists will attend President Vladimir Putin’s sixth annual televised news conference in the Kremlin’s Round Hall.
According to ITAR-Tass, Mr Putin regards these annual press conferences as a "good tradition", that give him a chance to explain "the key problems of domestic and international policy".
The first big press conference took place on July 18, 2001. The President answered 22 questions. The next year on June 24, 2002, Vladimir Putin answered 37 questions and it took him almost two and a half hours.
Mr Putin held his third traditional big press conference on June 20, 2003, which was attended by about 700 journalists and was translated into four languages. 48 journalists put 53 questions to the president.
The fourth meeting was held on December 23, 2004 with 690 journalists from Russia and foreign countries accredited at the Kremlin. The press conference was televised by means of 102 cameras, belonging to different channels; 22 of them – to foreign companies, and 60 ??“ to Russian regions.
The next contact with the press on January 31, 2006 lasted for three hours and twenty-six minutes. It gathered a record number of journalists. 65 journalists asked their questions to Vladimir Putin. However, every journalist tried to cram several subjects in his question, thereby compelling Putin to answer almost 140 questions.
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