Putin for the first time will deliver a message to the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor
The President’s message to the Federal Assembly this year will be held in Gostiny Dvor, RBC sources told. This is the first time when Gostiny Dvor has been selected for a similar format of the head of state
The presidential address to the Federal Assembly, scheduled for February 20, will be held at Gostiny Dvor. About this, RBC was told by two interlocutors close to the Kremlin.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that this year the message will not be held in the Kremlin, as the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, where the head of state has read the message in recent years, is currently under repair. Peskov promised to report on the specific location of the message later.
At the request of RBC to comment on whether the message will take place in Gostiny Dvor, the presidential press secretary replied: “We will confirm it in a timely manner.”
The Gostiny Dvor traditionally hosts the annual straight line of the president with citizens. The message to the Federal Assembly will be held in Gostiny Dvor for the first time. Until last year, the president read the message in the Kremlin, in 2018 he spoke at the Manege. Then the president spoke about the newest models of Russian weapons: the Avangard hypersonic missile system, the Dagger hypersonic rocket, the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. Audiences showed videos demonstrating the capabilities of this weapon.
The President’s message to the Federal Assembly this year will be held in Gostiny Dvor, RBC sources told. This is the first time when Gostiny Dvor has been selected for a similar format of the head of state
The presidential address to the Federal Assembly, scheduled for February 20, will be held at Gostiny Dvor. About this, RBC was told by two interlocutors close to the Kremlin.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that this year the message will not be held in the Kremlin, as the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, where the head of state has read the message in recent years, is currently under repair. Peskov promised to report on the specific location of the message later.
At the request of RBC to comment on whether the message will take place in Gostiny Dvor, the presidential press secretary replied: “We will confirm it in a timely manner.”
The Gostiny Dvor traditionally hosts the annual straight line of the president with citizens. The message to the Federal Assembly will be held in Gostiny Dvor for the first time. Until last year, the president read the message in the Kremlin, in 2018 he spoke at the Manege. Then the president spoke about the newest models of Russian weapons: the Avangard hypersonic missile system, the Dagger hypersonic rocket, the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. Audiences showed videos demonstrating the capabilities of this weapon.
It was the technological and logistical difficulties of installing screens in the historic St. George Hall of Peskov that explained the transfer of the location of the message from the Kremlin to the Manege. As another reason, the press secretary of the president called an increase in the number of invitees.
On average, the number of people invited to the message fluctuates around 1 thousand people. These are State Duma deputies, members of the Federation Council, the leadership of the presidential administration, members of the government, governors, chief editors of the media, public figures and representatives of major denominations.
The current message of the president to the Federal Assembly, if nothing changes at the last moment, will be of a working nature, two people familiar with the process of preparing the document of the interlocutor of RBC told earlier. Preparation of the message began before the new year, now the document is in a high degree of readiness, sources said.
