Russian strongman, Vladimir Putin was cut cut off on Friday, March 18 by Russian state television during an address to a huge rally of the country’s citizens on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea according to reports.
According to Russian website, svoboda.org, the Russian President was talking when a state broadcast cut to patriotic songs – prompting confusion among audiences.
For several minutes it was not known what had happened. A Kommersant correspondent reported that Putin had finished his speech at the stadium – it was no longer on the air.
About 20 minutes later, “Russia-24” began to show Putin’s speech again. This time it was not interrupted – it turned out that after the interruption of the broadcast, the president spoke for only about 20 seconds.
