Direct Line with Vladimir Putin
Direct Line with Vladimir Putin (Прямая линия с Владимиром Путиным) is annual special television program and a Q&A show mostly broadcast live by Russia-1, Russia 24, RT and Channel One Russia and Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio of Russia radio stations. It is supported and directed by the Kremlin Press Secretary.
| Direct Line with Vladimir Putin | |
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| Created by | Vladimir Putin |
| Written by | Konstantin Ernst |
| Directed by | Alexey Gromov Dmitry Peskov |
| Starring | Vladimir Putin (Responding) Yekaterina Andreeva Sergei Brilov (Host) Ernst Matskyavichius (Host) Maria Sittel (Host) Kirill Kleimenov (Host) |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Tatyana Remezova Ivan Kudryatsev Maria Morgun Dmitry Shchugorev Maria Kitaeeva Anna Pavlova |
| Producer(s) | Oleg Dobrodeev |
| Production location(s) | Ostankino, Moscow |
| Running time | 3-4 hours |
| Production company(s) | VGTRK |
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| Original network | RT OTR Russia-1 Russia 24 Channel One Russia |
| Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) 720p (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | December 24, 2001 |
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The show is running once a year. During Putin's Premiership the show was called Talk with Vladimir Putin. The Continuing. (Разговор с Владимиром Путиным. Продолжение).
There is also a Medvedev's equivalent TV show named Talk with Dmitry Medvedev (Разговор с Дмитрием Медведевым).
Format
During the program, Putin been asked questions from Russian citizens by telephone, and television inclusion from largest Russian cities. Since 2012, Putin received questions from the Internet, mostly concerns actual events.
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to questions from an audience and those submitted by text, electronic mail, telephone, and live video during his annual question and answer session in Moscow.