Putin postpones his annual speech to Parliament until 2023, despite being bound by the Constitution

MADRID, 21 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will not deliver the annual speech before the two houses of Parliament in 2022, despite the fact that the Constitution obliges the president to grant "annual messages" before a forum called the Federal Assembly.

The Kremlin's main spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, has claimed that Putin's schedule is "very busy", so he will not deliver the speech until 2023, according to the Interfax news agency.

Peskov has denied that there have been consultations with the Constitutional Court, but has played down the delay, stating that it is not the first time.

The Kremlin had also confirmed that Putin would not hold the press conference that is usually called at the end of the year to respond to current affairs media, in a year marked by the start of the military offensive on Ukraine in February.