US EditionRussian journalist proposes to girlfriend during Putin's TV marathon
- Halfway through the televised end-of-year press conference, regional journalist Kirill Bazhanov proposed live to his girlfriend, holding a poster that read `I want to get married`.
- For Bazhanov, it was just the moment after being made to wait while asking about the high cost of living in Russia, which created the opening for the stunt during the TV marathon.
- On hearing the reveal, Bazhanov said, `I know that my girlfriend is watching the press conference now.`, drawing applause from the studio audience of mostly pro-government regional journalists and fresh whoops.
- Putin declined to promise to attend but offered to organise a whip-round, saying `Kirill was just asking about the material conditions for young families... Now we'll pass the hat around and collect at least enough for the wedding.`
- Against a backdrop of threats over Ukraine, the proposal occurred halfway through the hours-long TV marathon format following Putin's nearly four-year military offensive in Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin organized his annual press conference this Friday. At the event, a young journalist seized the microphone to ask for his partner in marriage. The young man then invited the...
Not among the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower or at a romantic dinner, but in front of running cameras: On Friday, a Russian journalist used President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference to propose a marriage to his girlfriend. Kirill Bashanov held a poster in the live TV broadcast event with the words "I want to get married." "I know that my girlfriend is currently following the press conference. Olechka, marry me, he said, and recei…
Russian Journalist Proposes To Girlfriend During Putin's Live Presser
An unexpected romantic moment unfolded during Russian President Vladimir Putin's lengthy annual press conference when a young journalist turned the global broadcast into a marriage proposal before going on to question the president.
Every year in December, the Russian president asks the questions of his citizens. More than three million came together this year. Criticism was quite uttered, but mostly packaged and flattering. There was sometimes interest in the love life and the establishment of the Kremlin boss.
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VIDEO - A Russian journalist took advantage of Vladimir Putin's press conference to ask for his "girlfriend" in marriage.
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