Direct Line with Vladimir Putin will be held on June 7

UFA, 28 May 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Elmira Sabirova/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. On June 7, at 12 pm Moscow time a Direct Line with Vladimir Putin will be held. This is reported by an official message posted on the Kremlin website.

“The head of state will answer questions from Russia’s citizens regarding public and political affairs and the socioeconomic life of the nation, as well as international affairs. People can ask their questions by either calling, sending an SMS or an MMS message, on the Direct Line website or via a special mobile application”, the press-service of the head of state specifies.

It will be broadcast live by Channel One, Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24 and Public Television of Russia TV channels, and Mayak, Vesti FM, and Radio Rossii radio stations.

Questions to the Direct Line will be also accepted from users of two social networks: VKontakte (vk.com) and Odnoklassniki (ok.ru), where apart from writing text messages, users can submit to the President recorded videos with their question. Additionally, users of the Moskva-Putinu and OK Live applications will be able to arrange their video channels with the Direct Line studio right during the live session.

Questions will be accepted from 8 am Moscow time on May 27, right until the end of the Programme. The most interesting and relevant questions will be addressed to the President during the live broadcast.

Calls can be made from any part of Russia to the following toll-free number: 8 (800) 200 4040. Calls from both mobile phones and landlines are free of charge. Calls to the message processing center from abroad can be made to the following phone numbers: +7 (499) 550 4040, +7 (495) 539 4040.

Mobile text and multimedia messages can be sent free of charge to the number 04040 from telephone numbers issued by Russian mobile operators. Questions should be written in Russian and contain no more than 70 characters.

Questions to the President can also be posted on the website www.moskva-putinu.ru.