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Putin's press conference hit previous record · 2008-02-15 19:00
The seventh "big press conference" of the Russia's President Vladimir Putin, that took place yesterday, has hit the previous record. The president has been speaking with reporters for more than four hours, while the past year's event ended in 3 hours 32 minutes.
The number of accredited reporters was another record ??“ 1,364 journalists vs. past past year's audience of 1,232, Kommersant reports.
Putin has answered 71 questions put by 52 reporters, including 24 reporters standing for the federal media, 12 regional reporters and 16 foreign ones.
The event is the last "biggest press conference" of Putin in capacity of the country's second president.
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