Russian President Vladimir Putin answered people's question during his 17th Q&A televised session. The very first ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’ was held in late 2001. Since then, this renowned event has been held annually, except for 2004 and 2012. More than 1.5 million questions for the Russian president had been registered by 10 a.m. on Thursday ahead of the program, according to the infographics published on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.