At a meeting with the president, Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman reported on the results of his department’s work over the past year, saying, among other things, that 84% of Russians use mobile phones. As it turned out, the head of state was not among them. Vladimir Putin admitted that he does not have a cell phone. Having unwittingly given the idea of a New Year's gift to his subordinates, the president will most likely be able to open a full-fledged mobile phone store in January.