“The work schedule (of the president. - RT ) includes another appeal that the president will write down in the afternoon,” a Kremlin spokesman said.

According to him, "it will probably be after four."

“Now the president is working on the text of this appeal,” Peskov added.

Putin said earlier that the situation with COVID-19 in Russia is becoming more complicated.

On April 1, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at a meeting with Putin noted the need to extend the period of non-working days in the country.