We need a "direct line," but not that one: the network exploded with jokes over the announcement of Putin's speech, but Russians were concerned about more than one issue

On Thursday, December 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to answer questions from Russians during the 20th "direct line". This time, it will be combined into a single format with a "big" press conference so that the dictator can summarize the results of the year for Russia.

According to the propagandists, the Kremlin leader received more than a million and a half questions - judging by the comments on the network, most Russians are interested in egg prices and the topic of the "Commonwealth of Independent States." In this regard, the network exploded with jokes, emphasizing that they preferred Putin's "performance" live on the electrocardiograph monitor.

The day before, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not specify what exactly Russian citizens wanted to hear from the dictator about the war against Ukraine. Instead, he noted that social issues, especially health care, and the problem of the shortage of doctors and teachers, were on the second place in the top. He said that those topics that could not be raised during the "direct line" would be "processed by the All-Russian People's Front with the participation of the heads of regions" during the year.

"The Russians who called the 'direct line' demonstrate the consolidation of society around Putin's ideas. They also support his presidential candidacy," he assured.

However, the comments of Russian residents under this news suggest otherwise. In particular, they are more interested in food prices, which have risen significantly in recent years. Some citizens do not believe that the questions that will be addressed to Putin were posed by real people.

"They call him right at home, he jumps up and picks up the phone, listens to praise, oh, how they live on the move", "Was the shooting of the pupin not discussed?", "Do we believe it?", "His ideas... What are they?", "Of course. Not everyone knows that the call is delayed and unwanted people are dropped immediately", "I have never met a person in my life who even thought about calling. They play it all up on TV. Only gratitude and congratulations", "Hahaha, who would have doubted... His family probably didn't call him on his cell phone", "Is the mausoleum for the president being built or not??? God forbid he has nowhere to put him...", "And not a single question about the eggs?", "Piskov would be f*cked if real calls were missed", "Where can I buy an icon with Putin?", Russians reasoned.

Of course, among the thousands of comments in Russian publics, there were many Putin's "supporters" who called for the "capture of Kyiv," the killing of Ukrainians, and the complete "destruction" of Ukraine. But at the same time, some Russians wished that the Kremlin leader's speech would finally tell them about his death.

They prefer to watch the "straight line" of Putin, who has been telling them for two decades about how well "prosperous" Russia is living, on the screen of an electrocardiograph. The authors accompanied their posts with a frame from this device, on the monitor of which a solid direct line without spikes is visible, indicating that a person's heart has stopped.

This will be the twentieth time that we will have a "direct line" with f*cker. For the twentieth time, the stoned assholes will ask the f*cker for water, electricity, heat, eggs, complain about gasoline, f*cking roads and moderate utility prices. It hasn't worked and it won't work. Never.", "The results of Putin's fucking term are well shown by the dynamics of prices #putin #direct line of prices", "The only direct line of Putin that would interest me looks something like this", "The whole world is looking forward to Putin's direct line on the electrocardiograph monitor. This is a Putin direct line that would be really worth looking at," the network noted.

As OBOZ.UA reported earlier, according to ISW, the Kremlin has returned to the old rhetoric about Ukraine that it spread before the invasion in February 2022. Today, propagandists have once again started talking about the "division of Ukraine," the return of "historical Russian lands," and so on, in order to undermine Western support for Kyiv.

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