Charles Maynes

Visitors in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk walk past TV sets during Russian President Vladimir Putin's live nationwide phone-in.

Host Vladimir Putin will take your questions now

April 17, 2014Global Politics

The crisis in Ukraine didn’t prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from holding his annual live phone-in today. Correspondent Charles Maynes says the Russian leader gave a vigorous defense of Moscow’s role in Ukraine and entertained a call from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The crisis in Ukraine didn’t prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from holding his annual live phone-in today. Correspondent Charles Maynes says the Russian leader gave a vigorous defense of Moscow’s role in Ukraine and entertained a call from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.