Moscow, Russia: President Vladimir Putin answered 67 questions during a marathon press conference Thursday, but some of the most stinging ones were broadcast on the screen behind him.

Russian citizens submitted more than 2.8 million questions to Putin, who announced he would run for re-election in 2024, allowing him to extend his decades-long grip on power into the 2030s.

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