MOSCOW (AP) — Before President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show on Thursday, the Kremlin has been sifting through more than 1 million questions from Russians across the country.
Chief among concerns this year are the rising cost of utilities — a perennial issue — and the state of Russia’s roads, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, adding that photographs of pockmarked highways have come flooding in. Other major concerns include price increases and withheld salaries, the spokesman told journalists.
This “Direct Line” with Putin, now in its 14th year, provides a way for the president to assess the country’s mood, listen to direct …read more
Source: KXAN
