The Russian president appears to be avoiding speaking to the public amid a string of military defeats in Ukraine.
"The situation in the special military operation zone will be taken into account, among other things," the source said.
Independent Russian news outlet Important Stories asked political journalists who have attended previous Putin press conferences why they think this year's event is not taking place.correspondent Pyotr Kozlov, who has attended Putin's press conferences five times, told the news outlet that the events are held to"please the president's regular voters, to allow him to embody their expectations in such a New Year's image.
"A press conference before the New Year is a good moment, on the one hand, to congratulate, say nice words to people and, on the other hand, to remind what a successful and productive year Putin and Russia had," Kozlov said. Political journalist Farida Rustamova, publisher of the Faridaily newsletter, told Important Stories that Putin is likely not holding his annual press conference because the war in Ukraine is not going to plan.
"It will be impossible for Putin to hold the event without noticing the monstrous events that are taking place in Ukraine and the effect that this war is having on the Russians," Rustamova said.
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