Sputnik brings you a live broadcast as Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a press conference following a meeting of the State Council in Moscow on Thursday, December 22.
Despite the fact that Putin's traditional big end-of-the-year press-conference, which usually lasts hours, won’t be taking place this time, he has still had a packed schedule in late December, full of communication with the media.
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