Pavel K. Baev: Faltering Russian economy makes renewed Ukraine offensive likelier
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual televised phone-in with the nation in central Moscow on April 16, 2015.
"Boring" is perhaps the prevalent impression of President Vladimir Putin's televised four-hour-long Q&A session that aired on April 16, which was meant to demonstrate his good health and relaxed attitude to the great many problems worrying his loyal subjects.