He said this, answering the question of the moderator of the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) Sergei Brilev.
The journalist asked the head of state if he uses a mobile phone at all.
“No,” Putin replied.
In January 2019, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov told why Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a smartphone.
According to him, "the head of state cannot have a smartphone, because it means that a person agrees to full transparency."
At the same time, Peskov noted that Putin does well without a telephone.