Putin Revels In US TV Interviews, But His Target Audience May Be In Russia – Analysis

By Matthew Luxmoore*

(RFE/RL) -- In September 2000, just months after his inauguration to a first presidential term in Russia, a stiff and skittish Vladimir Putin sat in a New York studio across from legendary TV anchor Larry King.

"What happened with the submarine?" King asked about the Kursk, the nuclear-powered vessel...