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A direct line with the President of the Russian Federation is traditionally held to answer questions from citizens.
MOSCOW, October 4 - RIA Novosti. Preparations for a direct line with Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun, said press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
“We actively use neural networks. By the way, this year we have also started preparing for a direct line,” Peskov told the author of the Vesti information system, Pavel Zarubin.
He noted that the Sberbank neural network will be used to process requests.
“During this time, Sberbank’s neural network has matured significantly and it will allow it to process an even larger number of citizens’ requests,” Peskov added.
In 2025, the “Direct Line” with the President of the Russian Federation was again combined with a large press conference and lasted four and a half hours.

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