President Putin Will Now Take Your Questions

Russian President Vladimir Putin made his annual television call-in show appearance today, taking questions from viewers on a wide range of subjects, including the economy and the poor state of the roads in Russia. Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with the BBC’s Olga Ivshina in Moscow and Edward Lucas, a senior editor at The Economist, about what the Russian leader told his people.

Note: This BBC interview can be heard in the Here & Now podcast or with the WBUR app.

Guests

• Olga Ivshina, correspondent for BBC News in Moscow. She tweets @oivshina.
• Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist and author of “The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West.” He tweets @edwardlucas.

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