RUSSIANS TROLL PRESIDENT PUTIN LIVE ON TELEVISION CALL-IN SHOW

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show rarely reflects huge criticisms of the country’s long-serving leader. Usually, if Russians call and text in with the salacious questions that threaten to unsettle the cool-headed, calculating persona Putin has cultivated for years, they won’t make it to the show. Bizarre tokens of affection and criticism of local officials is more often what’s on the agenda.