MOSCOW, Nov 30, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - The Kremlin said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin would hold a press conference on December 14 looking back on 2023, his first annual briefing since large-scale hostilities erupted in Ukraine.

"On 14 December, Vladimir Putin will sum up the results of the year. It will be a combined format of the direct line and the president's final press conference," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referring to Putin's phone-in show with Russians, adding the briefing would be broadcast on state-run television networks.