On Wednesday, Dmitry Medvedev, will give a press conference in Skolkovo, he announced on his Twitter page. "Whoever is interested have a look. It starts at one" said the leader of the country. He will talk with reporters in the unique campus of the school management of the high-tech center.
Covering the event will be more than 800 journalists from different countries. "At the press conference there will be 815 accredited journalists, about 500 of them are Russian, including 208 from regional media", the Kremlin said. "About 300 reporters represent foreign media," the presidential press-service said. For those who do not speak Russian simultaneous interpretation into English, German, French and Japanese will be available.
The news conference of the president of Russia will begin at 13:00 on May 18 (Moscow time). It will be held at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, where everything is now ready for Medvedev's meeting with journalists.
Medvedev will be talking to reporters at the Congress Hall seating 660, so, as it was explained at the business school, latecomers will be seated in the Congress Hall next door. "The halls of the business school are equipped with simultaneous translation booths, so foreign journalists who do not speak Russian will not experience discomfort.
Presidential press secretary Natalia Timakova has told Itar-Tass that during the press conference the president himself would be giving the floor to reporters. She explained that all accredited journalists had received an ID by e-mail and could use it to send questions to the president.
"Medvedev will look through all questions and choose the most interesting ones and give a chance to ask them," Timakova said. She added that the head of state could be asked questions "live." "The president himself will conduct the press conference," Timakova said.
