What you would like, but you cannot ask the president On December 19, the ninth “large” press conference of Vladimir Putin will be held at the capital's international trade center. Since 2001, such events have been held annually (with the exception of 2005 and the period when Putin served as the prime minister), and their duration has constantly increased. The seventh, on February 14, 2008, was the record, when 1364 journalists asked him more than 100 questions in 4 hours 40 minutes.