Putin for the first time will deliver a message to the Federal Assembly in Gostiny Dvor

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.

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.

Putin turned to Minnikhanov phrase Where to go?

Putin turned to Minnikhanov phrase Where to go?

President Vladimir Putin did not find the head of Tatarstan at a meeting of the State Council when he was about to give him the floor

During the extended meeting of the State Council Presidium in Kazan, Vladimir Putin after his speech decided to give the floor to the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, who headed the working group. However, looking into the hall, the president did not see the next speaker.

“I took it and went somewhere. Where did you go? ”Putin asked Minnikhanov, who at that moment was heading for the microphone, follows from the broadcast, which was conducted by the Russia 24 TV channel.

The press service of the head of Tatarstan emphasized to the RIA Novosti news agency that Minnikhanov at the time of Putin’s address went to the podium, which was on the side. He did not leave the meeting of the State Council Presidium.

Earlier, Putin, discussing the issue of housing conditions, decided to suddenly turn to Minnikhanov, but he did not hear that question.

“Rustam Nurgalievich, Rustam Nurgalievich. Do not be distracted by you? Not listening to us. We will not put the head of the republic in a difficult position. He did not hear what we were talking about here, ”Putin said.

The meeting of the State Council in Kazan was devoted to the housing situation. In the course of it, Putin called to monitor the level of the mortgage rate due to changes in the rules for financing equity construction, which comes into force on July 1.

Putin, in particular, pointed out that recently the mortgage rate was 9%, and now it has risen to 11% on average in the country. “I hope that our predictions about the fact that this is a short-term and one-time effect will come true. Today there is no reason to think otherwise. But we need to follow this closely, ”said the president.