SOMETIMES IT SEEMS as if Vladimir Putin's presidency has been made for television. His bare-chested exploits on horseback, microlight flights with cranes and the fighting in Ukraine and Syria were planned with the cameras in mind. Having helped turn a little-known KGB officer into a patriotic icon, television has sustained him in power. But recently, there are signs that the spell of Russia's gogglebox is weakening. Meanwhile, ever more Russians look to the internet for their news.
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