Putin all of a sudden cancels marathon television phone-in with Russian callers

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    Direct Line with Vladimir Putin on June 30, 2021

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    CThe Kremlin leader’s yearly telephone marathon, Direct Line, will not be held this June (Picture: east2west)

    Vladimir Putin has actually suddenly cancelled a live tv program which have actually seen him address concerns from the Russian public.

    There is speculation he feared a barrage of ‘hostile’ inquiries which would surround the war in Ukraine.

    No main factor was offered for the cancellation.

    The ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’ yearly program has actually formerly been relayed considering that 2004.

    The Q&A- design program permits ‘ordinary’ residents throughout Russia to send out in concerns.

    The statement that this year’s broadcast would be cancelled came as a surprise, as the Kremlin formerly stated it would happen ‘in the foreseeable future.’

    Putin’s representative Dmitry Peskov stated a brand-new date for the yearly occasion is ‘unknown.’

    ‘The Direct Line cannot take place this month’, he included.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his interview with the Russia-1 TV channel in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 3, 2022. Putin on Friday blamed the West for emerging global food and energy crises and repeated his government's offers of safe passage for ships exporting grain from Ukraine if mines are removed from the waters. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

    It is the very first time that the Direct Line program has actually been postponed considering that 2004 (Picture: AP)

    The Direct Line program has actually run yearly throughout Putin’s presidencies considering that 2001, with the exception of 2004 and 2012.

    In previous broadcasts, he has actually addressed around 70 concerns in information.

    Many think Putin has actually cancelled due to possible reaction in the type of concerns about Ukraine.

    This year’s appeal for concerns might have resulted in an increase of concerns over Russia’s high death rate in Ukraine or the numerous military failures in his ‘special military campaign’.

    Others have actually recommended Putin’s decreasing health might be a description for why the Direct Line broadcast was delayed.

    It is believed the 69- year-old would have a hard time to stay on live television for the proposed three-to-four hour timeframe.

    The news comes amidst around the world claims Putin is battling blood, thyroid or stomach cancer.

    MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY,16 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May,16,2022, in Moscow, Russia. Leaders of post-Soviet states have gathered at the Kremlin for the summit of CSTO marking its 30th anniversary this year. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

    Rumours surrounding the Russian President’s health continue to spread out (Picture: Getty Images)

    The Kremlin consistently has actually stated that his health is robust, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov just recently rejected Putin was ill.

    Most just recently, British intelligence managers declared Putin was utilizing body doubles to conceal his illness.

    MI6 authorities obviously declared that the Russian President might not have even went to current occasions, consisting of the Moscow Victory Day Parade, face to face.

    Many of his television interviews and addresses might have likewise been pre-recorded, one intelligence source informed the Daily Star.

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