"Mr Skorobutov said the practice of creating a separate broadcast package for Putin began amid the 2011 Bolotnaya protests, when tens of thousands assembled on Moscow's Bolotnaya Square to challenge alleged ballot-rigging and to demand fair elections."
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Russian state television records news programmes solely for Vladimir Putin that portray him and Russia in a positive light, a former state TV journalist has said.