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’Tis the Season to Watch Vladimir Putin’s Annual News Conference
- More than 1,400 journalists accredited for event on Friday
- Donald Trump, terrorism and the economy may be key themes
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While much of the rest of the world awaits Santa Claus on Friday, in Russia it’s time for President Vladimir Putin’s annual televised press conference.
More than 1,400 journalists are accredited from across the world’s largest country and abroad for the marathon event, which lasted three hours in 2015. It was switched from Thursday at the last moment so that Putin can attend the funeral of Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador murdered in Turkey.