Direct line with Putin – 2025: how to ask a question when the broadcast

On Friday, December 19, 2025, at 12:00, the program "Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin" will be broadcast. It will be held again in a combined format of a direct line and a press conference, the president will answer questions from citizens and journalists. You can send a question to Putin on the "Results of the Year" now by phone, on social networks and via messengers. At the moment, more than 2 million messages have already been received. How to ask a question and where to watch the broadcast is in the Izvestia article.

When is the direct line with Putin in 2025

In 2025, the program "Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin", combining a direct line and a large press conference, is scheduled for Friday, December 19. The broadcast will begin at noon Moscow time, the Kremlin's press service said. The event will be held in the traditional format of summing up the results of the year and the president's answers to questions from journalists and Russians.

The organizers emphasize that the live broadcast is designed for several hours, so viewers should set aside time to follow the key statements and possible decisions of the Russian leader.

The first direct line was held in 2001, and since that time the format has become annual. However, the event was not held in 2004, 2012, 2020 and 2022. In 2024, the "Results of the Year" lasted 4 hours and 27 minutes.

How to ask a direct line question with Putin in 2025

You can ask the president a question from December 4 until the end of the broadcast on December 19. This year, Russians can ask a question using several channels.

Available ways to ask the president a question:

• through the official website of the program moskva-putinu.ru (the Moscow-Putin domain is also available.Russian Federation);

• by calling the 8-800-200-40-40 hotline, the call is free for residents of all regions of Russia.;

• by SMS or MMS to the short number 0-40-40;

• in the official direct line communities on VKontakte (vk.com/moskvaputinu ) and Odnoklassniki (ok.ru/moskvaputinu ), where forms for text messages and uploading videos are available;

• via a chatbot in the MAX messenger (max.ru/moskvaputinu .).

To increase the chances of getting on the air, it is worth:

• formulate a question or sentence clearly and concisely;

• specify the specifics — the address, region, departments and deadlines, if we are talking about a local situation.;

• avoid emotional assessments.

The Kremlin uses neural network technologies to collect all the questions.

As of December 18, more than 2 million calls were received on a direct line with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Where to watch a straight line – 2025

The live line and the press conference will traditionally be shown by the leading federal TV channels. In 2025, the broadcast is planned, including on Channel One, Rossiya 1, NTV.

You will be able to watch the broadcast:

• on the official websites of federal channels;

• on the project's VKontakte and Odnoklassniki pages, where online broadcasting will be launched;

• on media websites; Izvestia will also show a press conference.

Viewers are advised to check access to the selected site in advance, update applications and, if necessary, connect to a stable Internet connection in order to monitor the broadcast without interruption.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.