The media called the date of Putin's performance before the Federal Assembly

Continuation - the government was removed from the preparation of the Presidential Epistle →

Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an annual message to the Federal Assembly on December 4. Two sources in the State Duma told about this newspaper Vedomosti, in addition, the federal official confirmed the information. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the date of the message will be "announced when the time comes."

The interlocutors of the newspaper said that in his speech the head of state will traditionally voice the priorities of economic and social policy, but the emphasis this time will be made on international aspects. The final press conference, at which the president, as usual, will answer questions from journalists of Russian and foreign media, is scheduled for December 18.

Peskov refrained from the answer to the question of whether Putin will talk about the “May” decrees in the message to the meeting, Interfax reports. He also did not confirm the information that the requirements for the implementation of 2012 decrees to increase the income of state employees can be weakened taking into account the current financial and economic situation. “We never announce the content of the message,” the presidential spokesman added.

In mid -September, the Kommersant newspaper wrote that the Kremlin began preparing the President’s Epistle for the Federal Assembly. One of the sources of the newspaper noted that, in the context of the imposition of sanctions against Russia, the "main messenger" can be devoted to the economy.

In the previous two years, Putin spoke with the presidential message on the Constitution Day on December 12. In December 2013, Putin spoke about the need to improve the business climate in the country and support small businesses, about the fight against offshores and strengthen the role of NPOs in the legislative process. The president also quoted Nikolai Berdyaev, speaking of conservative values, suggested “fix people in the village” and denounced the “immoral international”. “We do not claim the title of superpower, understood as a claim to world hegemony. We do not eat on anyone’s interests, do not impose on our patronage, do not try to teach anyone to live, ”Putin said a year ago.

According to Article 84 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the president of the country “appeals to the Federal Assembly with the annual messages about the situation in the country, about the main directions of the domestic and foreign policy of the state.”