Direct line with President Vladimir Putin will take place on 20 June, informs a press-service of the Kremlin. "The twentieth of June, 2019 at 12. 00 Moscow time on air of TV channels " 1st ", "Russia 1 "" Russia 24 ", " NTV ", " OTR ", " WORLD ", radio stations " Mayak ", "Vesti FM" and "Radio of Russia" will be an annual special program " Direct line with Vladimir Putin ", " according to the report. The questions started with 8. 00 GMT on 9 June and will last until the end of the program on 20 June, said the press service. Ask a question to the President by phone, through SMS or MMS and through the program website or dedicated app. In addition, referrals are accepted through social networks "Vkontakte" and " Classmates ". specifically, during the broadcast to get the direct link with the Studio will be users of applications "Moscow - Putin" and " OK Live ". Traditional television straight lines appeared during Putin's first term. The first took place on 24 December 2001, then received 400 thousand issues. Despite the fact that the air lasted for 2, 5 hours for an hour longer than the scheduled time, answer got Only 46 questions. in 2018 Straight line lasted 4 hours and 20 minutes. Just received over 2 million hits, the head managed to answer 73 of them. <span style="color:darkgray