Putin less of a novelty with Russian media

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: June 25, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Putin less of a novelty with Russian media

Leader fields a variety of questions from reporters, but fewer on personal matters

By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press

Tuesday, June 25, 2002

Moscow -- President Vladimir Putin deftly fielded questions Monday, ranging from Russia's all-out campaign to join the World Trade Organization to ways of ending vote buying in far-flung regions. But unlike previous Kremlin news conferences, Putin was not asked about his sports regimen or pet dogs.

Support for the former KGB operative runs high across this vast country, but public curiosity about him, more than ...

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