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According to the Kremlin’s plan, such information events should improve the president’s image and help the country’s propaganda, which is losing TV ratings, reports the newspaper.
Russian social welfare is declining, unrest is growing, and people are already getting tired of the protracted war. Under such circumstances, the president must be clearly associated with something positive among citizens to be a “herald of good news,” two independent officials explained the Kremlin rationale.
According to sources of the newspaper “The Moscow Times”, a similar “good news incubator” of the president has actually already been activated: for example, Putin recently participated in the opening of a turkey breeding center and a renovated highway via video conference, as well as congratulate the employees of “Rosatom” and “Rostec” on their anniversaries.
It became known in early December that Putin had refused to hold the annual big press conference and might not deliver another message to the Federal Assembly in 2022. The cancellation of such public events with Putin’s participation is associated with the military failures of the Russian army in Ukraine.
