There is currently no need for a second wave of mobilization in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during summing up the results of the year in a combined format of a direct line and a large press conference in Gostiny Dvor.
A broad campaign is underway in Russia to attract contract workers, Putin noted. By the end of the year it was planned to recruit about 400 thousand volunteers. However, as of the evening of December 13, as the president was informed, 486 thousand people had been recruited. “And the flow of our men who are ready to defend the interests of the Motherland with arms in hand is not decreasing,” said the head of state. According to him, the influx of applicants is 1,500 people daily.
“Why do we need a second wave of mobilization?” Putin said.
The total number of questions submitted to the president was about 2.5 million. As the Kremlin explained, all requests will be answered; those that do not go live will be processed over the next year. Most of the questions Russians have, as the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said, relate to the SVO and social policy.
Previously, the combined format of a direct line and a large press conference was used in 2020: the coronavirus pandemic did not allow holding events separately. In 2022, the direct line and press conference were not held.
Source: Rosbalt
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