16 April 2015. President Vladimir Putin answers questions from Russian citizens at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual live broadcast of the call-in "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin."16.04.2015#2606958
16 April 2015. President Vladimir Putin is at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual live broadcast of the call-in "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin."16.04.2015#2606955
President Vladimir Putin (left) seen amid uniform call center associates at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606737
President Vladimir Putin (right) answering questions put by Sergei Brilev (left), TV host, deputy director of Rossia TV Channel, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606733
President Vladimir Putin (left) answering questions put by Sergei Brilev, TV host, deputy director of Rossia TV Channel, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606722
President Vladimir Putin (center) seen amid Russia Channel associates at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606667
President Vladimir Putin (foreground) answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606660
From left, foreground: the Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov and President Vladimir Putin facing journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606659
President Vladimir Putin answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live program "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" broadcast by TV Channels One, Russia 1 and radio stations Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Russia from the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606658
President Vladimir Putin (foreground) answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live program "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" broadcast by TV Channels One, Russia 1 and radio stations Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Russia from the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606657
President Vladimir Putin answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606630
16 April 2015. President Vladimir Putin (center) poses for selfies with the staff of the call center who were receiving and processing questions and messages for the annual live broadcast of the call-in "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, after the event.16.04.2015#2606625
President Vladimir Putin seen at the Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606621
President Vladimir Putin seen at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606613
President Vladimir Putin answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606610
President Vladimir Putin answering questions put by journalists after the end of the annual live program "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" broadcast by TV Channels One, Russia 1 and radio stations Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Russia from the Gostiny Dvor studio, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606607
President Vladimir Putin seen at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606606
President Vladimir Putin (left) facing journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at Gostiny Dvor, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606602
President Vladimir Putin seen at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor studio, after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606600
President Vladimir Putin (foreground) facing journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at Gostiny Dvor, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606595
President Vladimir Putin (left) facing journalists after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at Gostiny Dvor, April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606594
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606578
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin after the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606576
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606575
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606574
Direct link with Crimea at the Gostiny Dvor studio after the end of the annual live broadcast "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", April 16, 2015.16.04.2015#2606571
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, after the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606567
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606565
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The event took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606561
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606560
April 16, 2015. Rossiya TV journalist Maria Sittel during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606559
April 16, 2015. Actor Sergei Bezrukov, second left, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606552
16 April 22014. Call center operators receive and process questions and messages for the annual live broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's call-in "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio.16.04.2015#2606544
April 16, 2015. Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker Sergei Zheleznyak, left, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606543
16 April 2015. The staff of the call center receive and process questions and messages for the annual live broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's call-in "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Gostiny Dvor studio, after the event.16.04.2015#2606534
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606533
April 16, 2015. Ekho Moskvy radio editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov, third right, asks his question during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606531
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606528
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606522
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606521
April 16, 2015. Irina Khakamada, center, Ph.D. in Economics and public figure, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.16.04.2015#2606446
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. Left: Kirill Kleimenov, head of the Channel One News Directorate. Right: Rossiya TV journalist Maria Sittel.16.04.2015#2606445
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606444
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606441
April 16, 2015. Participants in the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606434
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606430
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606428
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. The conference took place in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606425
April 16, 2015. Rossiya TV journalist Maria Sittel during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin in the main studio of the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center, Moscow.16.04.2015#2606420
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center left, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606418
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, center, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606414
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606408
April 16, 2015. Kirill Kleimenov, head of the Channel One News Directorate, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606405
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606393
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606390
April 16, 2015. British farmer John Kopiski, Russian citizen since 1997, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606389
April 16, 2015. Alexei Kudrin, chairman of the Civil Initiatives Committee, dean of the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences at St. Petersburg State University, during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606385
April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio.16.04.2015#2606384
April 16, 2015. Participants in the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio, in the main studio of Moscow's Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall.16.04.2015#2606381
April 16, 2015. April 16, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, answers questions from the public during the annual Direct Line with Vladimir Putin special broadcast live on Russian television and radio. Left: Kirill Kleimenov, head of the Channel One News Directorate. Right: Rossiya TV channel journalist Maria Sittel.16.04.2015#2606380