A visitor of an electronics supermarket watches TV screens showing the televised question-and-answer programme 'Conversation with Vladimir Putin' in Moscow, Russia, 04 December 2008. The annual televised question-and-answer session with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a traditional form of interactive communication with the Russian people. Many questions were focused on Russia's economic policy during the world economic crisis and government's measure of social protection. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV