Direct Line with Vladimir Putin

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Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
Putin at the 2016 session
Status	Active
Genre	Political event
Begins	December 24, 2001 (2001-12-24)
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Ostankino, Moscow
Country	Russia
Most recent	December 14, 2023
Participants	Vladimir Putin
Website	http://moskva-putinu.ru

Direct Line with Vladimir Putin (Russian: Прямая линия с Владимиром Путиным, romanized: Pryamaya liniya s Vladimirom Putinym) is an annual televised political event in Russia. As its name implies, it is a question and answer event with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The event is broadcast on television by Russia-1, Russia 24, RT and Channel One Russia, and on radio by Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio of Russia. It is supported and directed by the Kremlin Press Secretary.

During Putin's Premiership the event was called Talk with Vladimir Putin. The Continuation (Разговор с Владимиром Путиным. Продолжение; Razgovor s Vladimirom Putinym. Prodolzheniye).

A similar programme existed during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, titled Talk with Dmitry Medvedev (Разговор с Дмитрием Медведевым).

Over the course of the event, Putin answers questions from Russian citizens about politics, policy, and current events, asked over telephone, texts, email, and video calls. Through the programme, Putin presents himself as able to address the concerns of Russians himself, without the assistance of other government agencies and assemblies.

• Official website of the First show from 2001 Archived 2019-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Homepage Archived 2018-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Russian President Vladimir Putin's Annual Call-In Program