Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that extremism should be
prevented whereever it appeared. He was answering a question about
events at Manezh Square in Moscow on Saturday, during his annual Q&A
session.
He said that the Russian citizens of Slavic appearance should not live
in fear in the North Caucasus. Natives from all regions should feel
comfortable wherever they live. All the citizens should realize that
they belong to one country.
Russia initially formed as a multinational and multi-confessional
country, Putin emphasized.
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin is holding another call-in show today.
The special program 'Conversation with Vladimir Putin. Resumption' is
broadcast by the TV channels 'Russia 1', 'Russia 24', radio stations
'Mayak', 'Vesti FM' and 'Radio Rossii'.
Putin's press-secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the show will continue
for 1.5 hours. The premier received 700 000 messages by December 15,
in form of text messages, phone calls and letters to the website
www.moskva-putinu.ru. People started sending questions on December 12.
The Common Center for Processing Messages is analysing the questions.
This year there is a call-in center receiving phone calls of people
with poor eye sight.
