Date of Putin's address to Federal Assembly revealed

Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly on February 20, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"The president will deliver his address to the Federal Assembly on February 20," TASS cited the Kremlin spokesman as saying.

Peskov added that the accreditation of journalists to cover the event will last on February 15-17.

Putin’s previous address to the Federal Assembly was delivered on March 1, 2018.

This practice was introduced by President Boris Yeltsin, who first addressed the parliament on February 24, 1994. All in all, he delivered six addresses to the Federal Assembly. President Putin addressed the Federal Assembly 14 times, while Dmitry Medvedev delivered four addresses as President.