• For the first time Pm will not attend his conference.
• Russia is always on watchlist of other leaders.
• Russia has faced a lot since the war started.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend his customary large year-end press conference for first time, according to the Kremlin.

However, the president “hopes will finally find a time to talk,” according to spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

The cancellation was not explained, but it coincides with a rise in anxiety among Russians about Mr. Putin’s choice to invade Ukraine in February.

Since then, devastating setbacks have befallen Russian forces on numerous occasions.

On Monday, Mr. Peskov told reporters, “Regarding the huge news conference, absolutely, it won’t happen before the New Year.”

But he went on to say that Mr. Putin could find a method to address the media, highlighting the fact that “he does it frequently.”

Over the previous ten years, the meticulously planned yearly press conferences in Moscow, which were attended by dozens of journalists from both Russia and abroad, have typically lasted for hours.

Mr. Putin went to great lengths to appear on national television as a leader who was directly involved with regular Russians. He patiently responded to a variety of questions, from those posed by regional reporters about repairing shoddy roads in far-off villages and publicly criticising local officials to those pertaining to the geopolitical landscape at large.

However, a number of opposition Russian specialists have said that these events resembled orchestrated performances where pro-Kremlin reporters were only allowed to give the nation’s autocratic leader largely complimentary questions.

They claimed that the presence of a few independent journalists, who weren’t always given the opportunity to ask questions, didn’t alter the overall picture.

Politicians from across the world, however, kept a careful eye on these gatherings in an effort to determine which direction the head of the Kremlin wanted to take Russia.

The Kremlin also postponed President Putin’s yearly marathon phone-in with the people in June but did not provide a new date.

The Kremlin leader must deliver the State of the Union address to parliament each year at the year’s conclusion, according to the constitution. This matter is being looked at, according to Mr. Peskov.

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