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Russian president Vladimir Putin answered questions from the public for nearly five hours yesterday – the first of his annual televised sessions since returning to the presidency for a third term.Russian president Vladimir Putin answered questions from the public for nearly five hours yesterday – the first of his annual televised sessions since returning to the presidency for a third term.
After receiving almost 2 million questions, Putin addressed issues ranging from pensions and roads to the ethnic Chechens suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. After receiving almost 3 million questions, Putin addressed issues ranging from pensions and roads to the ethnic Chechens suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings.
It was a marathon session, and our Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder went the distance – tweeting all the time.It was a marathon session, and our Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder went the distance – tweeting all the time.
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