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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fielded a wide range of questions from the Russian public during his live TV and radio phone-in on Thursday afternoon.

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Putin's Q&A session 2009

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold a televised question-and-answer session with the Russian public on Thursday, December 3, his second as prime minister.

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