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Putin's Annual Conference: AI-Filtered Questions on War and Economy

12/20/2025

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Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, will hold his annual news conference on Friday.
The event will be televised, inviting questions from citizens and journalists and reinforcing Putin as Russia's central decision-maker.
More than two million questions have been submitted, and the Kremlin will filter them with an artificial intelligence (AI) model.
Selected questions will focus on the economy and the war, signaling Kremlin priorities for the coming year.

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Story summary

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, will hold his annual news conference on Friday.
The event will be televised, inviting questions from citizens and journalists and reinforcing Putin as Russia's central decision-maker.
More than two million questions have been submitted, and the Kremlin will filter them with an artificial intelligence (AI) model.
Selected questions will focus on the economy and the war, signaling Kremlin priorities for the coming year.