Putin's annual 3 hour TV interview

[TonyGosling]

May be a bit boring but I'd like to see one of our senior politicians answer questions like this! Vlad looks quite genuinely shell-shocked for a moment when the interviewer asks him "Will Russia get through this financial crisis?"

December 4, 2008, 21:44
The U.S. ‘infected’ the world with the crisis – Putin
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34071

Vladimir Putin has again put the blame for the global financial crisis on the outgoing U.S. administration. But speaking during his annual televised Q&A session with the public, the Prime Minister said that Russia can weather the economic storm.

The session lasted for about three hours. The Russian Prime Minister and the leader of the most popular Russian political party, United Russia, covered a variety of issues ranging from the global financial crisis to relations with Europe and the United States to purely domestic topics.

Watch the full version of Vladimir Putin’s Q&A session:

Part 1 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34267/video
Part 2 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34265/video
Part 3 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34263/video
Part 4 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34261/video
Part 5 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34259/video
Part 6 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34269/video

'The U.S. started the crisis, but we can weather it'

Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin has again put the blame for the global financial crisis on the outgoing U.S. administration.

“The crisis started in the USA, there’s no need to prove it now. The authorities in that country mishandled their power and infected the world with the crisis,” he said.