“Huge interest when the Putin open for questions”
“It’s getting closer not only to christmas but also against Vladimir Putin’s annual and mastodontlika press conference in the Kremlin.”
“The Russian president receives over 1 700 journalists at the end of a year that saw his approval ratings fall sharply.”
“the Journalists on the spot to teach not miss questions to ask the 66-year-old Vladimir Putin. The situation in Ukraine, the bad relationship with the united states and a controversial pension reform are some of the most burning topics.”
“Putin has held a press conference at the every end of the year since 2001 and since 2004 it has always lasted more than three hours. The record is from 2008, when the questions and answers took four hours and 40 minutes.”
“the press Conference starts at ten o’clock Swedish time, and broadcasted in several tv channels. Some drew started a countdown on Wednesday.”
“Putin promised before he was re-elected in march not to raise the retirement age in Russia – but signed in the fall, a reform that does just that. It has caused massive protests and demonstrations all around the Russia and is considered to be a reason why the president’s popularity has plummeted to under 50 percent.”
“The new retirement age in Russia is 60 years for women and 65 for men, which is an increase from 55 for women and 60 for men. Under the original proposal, which president Vladimir Putin has since corrected after all of the criticism, would the retirement age for women is set to 63 years.”
“The life expectancy in Russia is 77 years for women and 65 years for men, according to the 2015 figures, compared with the 85 and 81 in Sweden.”
