While it comes clarity: Putin canceled the "straight line" with the Russians because of the war against Ukraine

According to Presidential President Dmitry Peskov, there is no exact line of straight line. According to the source, Putin's straight line is pre -planned at the end of the year, although they planned to be held in the summer earlier. "It is now planned to be held in November-December," the source in the Presidential Administration explains. According to him, the choice of such a temporary interval is related to the situation in the area of ​​"special military operation".

The straight line format has been held in the Russian Federation since 2001 and has become traditional and annual for Putin. The straight line was drawn even from 2008 to 2012, when Vladimir Putin held the post of Prime Minister. The last straight line took place in 2021. In April, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a straight line would take place this year.

In June, he explained that the format was "routine preparation", since it is both a technical and meaningful view of a very difficult event, but did not name the timing of it. "There are no exact terms of the straight line. We have not announced them. As soon as it comes clarity," - Peskov replied to the request of the "merchant" about whether to expect a straight line in December this year.

The American Institute of War Study has suggested that Putin will hold a "straight line" in early June 2023 after the capture of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Bakhmut, and refusing to communicate with the Russians indicates that the Kremlin perceives the capture Russia. The Institute's analysts also believe that the delay of the "straight line" forum further illustrates Putin's decline.