The majority of questions submitted by citizens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the live Q&A session are related to social issues. This information was shared with moderators by the GigaChat neural network, as reported by Dmitry Kulko, a war correspondent for Channel One and moderator of the event.
Specifically, housing issues topped the list. The second most popular topic was healthcare. Transportation accessibility and road conditions took the third spot.
Additionally, Russians are interested in financial and credit matters, as well as pension calculations. Gasification rounds out the top seven popular topics.
The live Q&A with President Vladimir Putin is an annual event during which the head of state answers citizens' questions in real-time, discusses the situation in the country, and presents his stance on economic, domestic, and foreign policy issues.
In 2022, the live Q&A was not held, while in 2023, it was combined with a large press conference and was titled "Yearly Results with Vladimir Putin." The event lasted 4 hours and 3 minutes, during which the president answered 67 questions.
According to the "Russia 24" channel, this year the number of inquiries for the live Q&A approached 2 million three hours before the broadcast. On December 14, Putin stated that he had reviewed the questions submitted for the live Q&A and noted many unresolved issues.
"Gazeta.Ru" is conducting a live broadcast of the president's large conference.
It was previously reported that the number of inquiries prior to the live Q&A with the President of Russia exceeded 2.2 million.