No reason is given, but there is growing unease among Russians over President Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
"Regarding the big press conference, yes, it won't happen before the New Year," Mr Peskov told reporters on Monday. Mr Putin went to great lengths to be seen on national TV as a leader directly involved with ordinary Russians, patiently answering a wide range of questions - from regional reporters about fixing poor roads in remote villages and publicly castigating local officials, to the world of grand geopolitics.
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