Following Vladimir Putin’s departure from the presidency, the government has seen more changes to its image than to its essence — and the changes have been very noticeable.
As president, Putin put on a series of staged call-in shows that promised to provide citizens with a direct line to the president. By the end of his presidency, the annual televised shows had broken their own records for the number of questions sent in (2.5 million, or one for every 50 Russian citizens) and the number of questions answered by the president (dozens).
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