“There will be a protocol event on September 30,” said a RIA Novosti source in parliament.

It has not been announced where exactly the event will take place.

At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency admitted that on this date the head of state could appeal to parliament.

Another RIA Novosti source added that from September 30, senators were asked to be in the Federation Council - according to him, deputies and senators will have to pass a coronavirus test "for the event on September 30."

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said on RBC TV that Putin would send a message to the Federal Assembly by the end of the year.