Ekho Moskvy Editor Confronts Putin
Saturday, 21 January 2012
Alexei Venediktov
The Moscow News reports: Much like with an estranged couple, the tense dialogue between Russian state power and the opposition has escalated after a meeting between members of the opposition and the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. It culminated in a confrontation between Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and one of his chief critics, Ekho Moskvy’s Alexei Venediktov.
“Who are you going to vote for?” Putin asked Venediktov at the end of a hastily arranged dinner with top journalists at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo Wednesday evening.
“I haven’t been going to the elections since 1996, Vladimir Vladimirovich.”
“Why?”
“I’ll tell you why,” Venediktov said.
Venediktov received the OPC Artyom Borovik Award in 2007.
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