Sobchak: You once said that the mass media massacred my father. What about the hatred being carried out by mass state media, which lies.
Putin: I learned when I came to Moscow that a mass media massacre was organized against your father. That was confirmed when I came to Moscow.
But no official bodies of power have ever been conducted a campaign against those who disagree with the Kremlin over Ukraine. There never will be. But people have to understand that they don't have a monopoly on the power to oppose. Certain people will also be opposed to the opposition. You should accept that.
Our European powers act different. Mentions European foreign ministries banning Russian cultural figures.
Reuters journalists then asks if Putin is afraid of a coup d'etat in Russia.
Putin says no elite in Russia
There are rich people and there are poor people, but they are all equal.
Putin in response to BBC reporter on Russian agression -- blames West:
Putin: As for our exercises. You stated that Russia contributed to the tension we're witnessing in the world. Russia has contributed to the tension only in that we're protecting our interests in a more agressive ways. We aren't encroaching on anyone else's interests. We're just protecting our own.
You've mentioned our strategic aviation flights. Did you know that Russia totally stopped our strategic aviation flights? We totally stopped them. The American strategic aircraft with nuclear weapons on board continued their flights. Why? So two to three years ago we resumed the practice.
But who provoked it. Was it us? I don't think so.
American bases are all over the world, but you're trying to say that we're being agressive. What about the Americans? What about their tactical nuclear weapons?
Putin: Don't we also have the right to ensure our own security?