The news conference will be held on December 17, 2015 at 12 pm Moscow time.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the RTTV – Russia Today team on the 10^th anniversary of its creation.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the team at Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the newspaper’s 25^th anniversary.

The President answered journalists’ questions on current issues, in particular, the Russian economy’s development outlook, oil prices, Russia’s social policy, the situation in Ukraine, Europe’s response to the flood of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, and the fight against terrorism.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the Russkoye Radio team on the radio station’s 20^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Swiss media. The interview was recorded on July 25 in St Petersburg, during the President’s visit to the preliminary round draw for the 2018 Football World Cup.

Vladimir Putin met with heads of leading global news agencies at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov spoke at the second plenary session of the 17th World Congress of Russian Press, entitled Russian Foreign Press and the New Global Information Agenda: Today’s Realities and Challenges.

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants and guests at the 17^th World Congress of Russian Press.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions following the Second Local and Regional Independent Media Forum Truth and Justice, which took place on April 28, 2015.

The President congratulated Vladimir Sungorkin, his colleagues and journalists, as well as all Komsomolskaya Pravda readers, on the 90^th anniversary of the publication’s first issue.

The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Department of Accreditations and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover the BRICS Summit and the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of State in Ufa on July 8–10, 2015.

Vladimir Putin took part in the Truth and Justice Second Media Forum of Independent Local and Regional Media, organised by the Russian Popular Front.

The Presidential Press and Information Office’s Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover the events celebrating the 70^th Anniversary of victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 8–9, 2015).

Vladimir Putin congratulated Konstantin Ernst and the entire team at Channel One on 20 years of broadcasting.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the staff of the Zvezda (Star) television channel on its 10^th anniversary.

The President’s news conference was broadcast live by Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV channels, and by the Radio Rossii, Mayak and Vesti FM radio stations. 1259 Russian and foreign journalists have been accredited to cover the news conference.

The news conference will be held on December 18, 2014.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Specificities of Legal Regulation of Relations in the Media following the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Formation of Two New Federal Constituent Entities in the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol.