New Cold War.org, April 14, 2016
RT.com has broadcast with English voiceover the annual call-in discussion of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Russian people which took place on April 14, 2016. The discussion and exchange began at 12 noon Moscow time and lasted three hours, 40 minutes. You can view or listen to the broadcast here, or click on the screen here:
Here are several Western news summary reports of the president’s annual call in:
In one question put to the president, a 12-year-old girl asked which of the two foreign presidents he would save if he came across them drowning–Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko. Putin answered: “You’re putting me in a complicated situation. I guess it’s this way: If someone decides to drown, it’s impossible to save them. But we’re, of course, ready to extend a helping hand, a hand of friendship to any of our partners if they’re ready for that.”
