President Putin’s highly choreographed Q&A session went largely as expected, giving him a chance to show he’s in control and listening to the people.
The questions were handpicked to avoid anything awkward – and ranged from talking tough on Ukraine to addressing concerns about egg prices, and even speaking to an AI version of himself.
However, a few text messages from viewers flashed up on screens that appeared a bit too close to the bone to put to Mr Putin.
Here are a few of them, caught by reporters in the studio:
‘Make peace, deaths are unacceptable’
Image: ‘A bad peace is better than a good quarrel. We should move in this direction. People’s lives are an unacceptable price’
‘Time to call it a day’
Image: ‘Don’t run for another term – let the young try’
‘Real help for ordinary people’
Image: ‘When will the life of ordinary people be better not in words, but in deeds?’
‘Praying for a miracle’
Image: ‘I understand that there are no miracles, but I want one’
‘Who’s helping us in Russia?’
Image: ‘Emergencies ministry plane flew humanitarian aid to Gaza, who will help us in Russia?’
‘When will the war end?
Image: ‘When will the special military operation end?’
‘Why can’t we look after our soldiers?
Image: ‘Why do mostly civilian volunteers provide for the soldiers at the special military operation? Is the MoD not capable of doing that?’
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Source : Sky News
