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Vladimir Putin has given his annual marathon call-in show, where ordinary Russians have the chance to put their questions to him live on-air.

The event, where Putin sits in a studio before a bank of telephone dispatchers receiving the questions, blends the State of the Union andOprah Winfrey, with the Russian president fielding questions on subjects ranging from the Syria crisis to the price of cabbage, to whether he can help persuade a husband to buy his wife a dog.