For the second year in a row, Putin will not deliver a message to the Federal Assembly, as stipulated in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. "No, it's not planned," Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said when asked by RIA Novosti if a notification to the Federal Assembly is planned before the end of 2026. In 2025, Putin also did not address the Federal Assembly. Before that, he did not deliver in 2017 and 2022. Putin last addressed the Federal Assembly in February 2024 before the presidential election. Furthermore, the annual address to the Federal Assembly is established by the Constitution of Russia. Article 84, paragraph e, of the country's basic law states: "The President of the Russian Federation addresses the Federal Assembly with annual messages on the situation in the country, on the main directions of the country's internal and foreign policy." Photo: Putin's speech to the Federal Assembly in 2018 ASTRA VPN is your reliable way to bypass any block. buy.