The Kremlin promised New Year's greetings from Putin without changing the format Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the Russians with traditional New Year greetings, no changes in the format are planned, press secretary of the HEAD of state Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, RIA Novosti reports.

“No, no changes are planned,” Peskov answered the question of whether it is planned to change the “interior” of the address, which is traditionally recorded against the backdrop of the Kremlin.

“We never tell how and when the president’s New Year’s greetings are recorded,” Peskov stressed.

When asked whether the New Year's address would differ from the previous one due to the special operation in Ukraine, the presidential press secretary replied that each congratulation of the president "bears the imprint of the past year and contains some basic phrases, basic messages for the year that has begun", "it will be so and this time."

Putin himself said on December 22 that he planned to celebrate the New Year with his loved ones and "watch the president's speech."

Putin's previous New Year's address was the longest - it lasted 6 minutes 22 seconds, during which time the president spoke almost 700 words. He paid great attention to the covid-19 pandemic , expressed support for those who lost loved ones due to the virus, and separately congratulated the doctors, military and law enforcement officers who celebrated the New Year at work. Putin called improving the well-being and quality of life of Russians a priority task for the authorities.