Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold an annual large press conference on December 19.

Axar.az informs citing the TASS.

It was informed that applications for accreditation to cover the event are admitted from representatives of Russian media registered at Roskomnadzor and foreign journalists accredited in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Notably, this will be Putin's 15th press conference since 2001. So far, the shortest press conference lasted for 1 hour and 35 minutes (2001), while the longest one 4 hours 40 minutes (2008).