00:00अपने ही देश नहीं, भारत नहीं, पूरे विश्व की तकदीर बदलने वाले कुछी नेता, पूरी दुन्या के होते हैं और उनमें से एक आज तक पर थे
00:08अबसलुटले, दिस रहर मोमन, we had President Putin over here
00:12and now we have our bosses sitting with us, the leadership of India today, who were here, who travelled all the way to Moscow
00:20we are here at the Ekaterina Hall, this is a historic hall, President Putin holds his National Council meetings here
00:28he decorates people here and now the decorated members of India today group, Arch the group, are here
00:35how did it feel Kali?
00:36we are on such an adrenaline high, watching the two of you on air in a monitor, it was just amazing
00:43you know, you were the two women who interviewed him for the first time, he hasn't been interviewed by two women anchors
00:50so that's a first and I thought that the interview was very global and his perspective
00:56we didn't just stick to our own problem of India and relations between India and Russia
01:01but you widened the perspective on what President Putin brings to the global stage
01:07and I think that really was a coming out ball let's say for an Indian media house to be talking about global issues
01:15because why should we be left behind, we are on the global stage to be taking part and be invited to this high table
01:22and I think the two of you really did a fantastic job today
01:25our Executive Editor-in-Chief Kalipuri
01:27I think it was a wonderful way to get this interview
01:32I think it was a wonderful way to get this interview
01:34I am really proud of both of you who did the interview and the rest of the team who put it all together
01:39I think it was a wonderful way the way the interview was conducted
01:46also for me seeing Putin meeting him personally etc
01:51he's been painted as a kind of villain of the world order in many ways right and the changing world order
02:03and he came across as somebody who answered every one of your questions
02:08he didn't duck anything in the world order
02:12and he came across as somebody who answered every one of your questions
02:16he didn't duck anything right and that was an experience to see that here is a man who was painted in a certain way
02:28but came across completely differently as somebody who would be ready to have his own view of history
02:36his own view of looking at the world but he was very clear on what he wanted to say and that was a great impression
02:44a moment of pride Kali
02:46I think one of the things was around any world leader the team is very strict about protocol and about the amount of time you can spend with the leader
02:56and they were very clear that you have 60 minutes
02:58but because the president was enjoying the conversation so much
03:02he was smiling and he was so charmed and he liked the questions
03:06the interview ran for 100 minutes
03:08and even afterwards he was very open to engage with us in an informal conversation
03:14I think that that was a testament to the interviewing ability of the two of you
03:20and of course the rest of the team and the entire research that worked behind
03:24I want to add to this that we were selected amongst all of the Indian channels by the Russian press team
03:32and they did that because of the impact that the India Today group brings for any big interview
03:40and I'm very proud of that and I think they felt happy that they had made the right choice
03:44and that again is a good sort of way to end the year for us
03:50we are like in December now
03:5220 days to end the year
03:54Mr. Puri, I think the most interesting part for me was to see him
03:58see his sense of humor
04:00that came as a surprise because
04:02everybody has always portrayed him as this villain of the West
04:04that you have been pointing out
04:06Or a very serious man
04:08You asked him a very interesting question as well
04:10Yes, I asked him, I had the opportunity to talk to him off camera
04:14Okay, you've been a top leader for 25 years, over 25 years of Russia
04:20and do you have any regrets?
04:22Would you do something any different?
04:24He kind of thought and you know, kind of armed and awed
04:28and he said, well, I think he's a man who doesn't want to admit mistakes
04:32so he said, I never looked back
04:34So that was the end of that
04:36What has been done has been done
04:38You are somebody who doesn't like to look back either
04:40You believe that we should always look forward and not look back
04:44That's true
04:46When people ask you that question, that's what you always say
04:48I don't know, I don't remember
04:50I'm looking forward always
04:52And you know, that he came across as very amiable
04:56and very friendly actually and very soft
04:58And he was caring about issues that we didn't think he'd care about
05:02You know, he's like very keen on the environment
05:06You know, and the fact that other leaders maybe don't want to speak to him
05:10and he's very open to talking to them
05:12So he, and he came across as very soft actually
05:16That was not something that I was expecting
05:18I quite agree
05:19Not looking back, looking ahead Kali
05:21How would you put this interview in your entire screen?
05:25White house, here we come
05:27So this is India Today Group's force
05:32That we don't stop, we don't stop
05:34We don't stop
05:35And even after the night
05:37Even after the night
05:38If you look at the whole team
05:40It's like that
05:41It's like that
05:42It's like that
05:43It's like that
05:44You and Arunji
05:46It's because of the team, not for us
05:49And actually the team here, the team at President Putin's side said
05:55We've never dealt with a team that is so particular about the way they want the frames
06:00What lighting they want, the amount of work they have put in
06:03Into putting this whole interview together
06:06They were really pleasantly, not surprised but happy about it
06:10And they said we've never seen that
06:12Actually the press team, Alexei
06:14Just Nick
06:16Who comes right after Peskov said
06:19That everyone else comes
06:21And we just give them that space with the carpet
06:23And where the tables are
06:24Curtains
06:25And the curtains
06:26And they said this is the first time
06:27That he's being interviewed in front of the statue
06:30The first time
06:31I think that just shows that
06:33How much effort we do
06:34How much effort we do
06:35Because we choose one frame
06:37So that
06:38When you watch this interview in your home
06:40So that's the India Today group's way
06:43You give us a little centimeter
06:45And we're like
06:46Can we just take this
06:47We open the entire door
06:48We want this
06:49And we want that
06:50We're doing it right now
06:52I think Putin was also enchanted by you two ladies
06:55Sorry?
06:56Putin was also enchanted by you two ladies
06:59Wow
07:00Charm offensive
07:01Yes, it was charm offensive
07:02He was smiling, he was relaxed
07:04Oh yeah
07:05It was definitely a chemistry
07:06And he took all the tough questions as well
07:08He took all the tough questions as well
07:10That's always a journalist's dream
07:11If you can ask those questions
07:12Yeah
07:13It was a dream interview
07:14Because he did a no holds barred interview
07:17And it's a dream to be here in Moscow
07:20At this time of the year
07:22When it really is like winter wonderland
07:24Right?
07:25With lights and Christmas trees
07:27And all the decorations and festivities around
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