Putin broke the record for the duration of the "straight line"

Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his record length "Straight line" reports Lenta.ru . The event was broadcast on the first channel, "Russia 1", "Russia 24" and radio stations "Mayak", "Vesti FM" and "Radio Russia".

Communication from the President of the Russians began on 25 April at 1200 Moscow time and lasted for four hours and 47 minutes. The previous record was set by Putin in 2011 and was four and a half hours.

At the same time, Putin managed to answer fewer questions than in 2011. If he then answered 88 questions, now answer only got 85 people. In total, according to ITAR-TASS, the call center received more than three million questions to the president. This is also an absolute record for the duration of the "direct line".

Much of the questions was related to salaries and taxes. In addition, the Russians, in particular, were interested in the political situation in the country, the fate of the former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, censorship on the Internet and the letters that he wrote shortly before his death, President oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

"Direct Line" has been held since 2001. This form of communication with the citizens of the answer involves Putin live on matters coming to a special call center across the country. Transfer out annually. The exceptions were 2004 and 2012. In the latter case, the abolition of the "straight line" and its replacement by a press conference was the reason for the refusal of rumors about the president of such communication with the Russians, but the press service refuted this information.