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Public Questions to Putin's Direct Line Top 832,000 as Dec. 19 Program Nears

Sberbank’s GigaChat processes the appeals ahead of the broadcast.

Overview

  • By the morning of December 11, the tally reached 832,338 submissions, eight days before the combined year-end broadcast begins at 12:00 MSK on December 19.
  • Women account for about 66% of those sending questions, according to the system’s published statistics.
  • Citizens aged 56 and older are the most active group, with GigaChat listing 46% for 56+, 27% for ages 36–55, 16% for 18–35, and 11% under 18.
  • Social policy is the most common topic, followed by infrastructure, housing, and issues concerning society and the state.
  • The highest volumes come from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, Nizhny Novgorod Region, and Sverdlovsk Region.