BBC journalists asking Putin questions at the 2024 and 2014 press conferences

Imagine Kamala Harris in a press conference answering questions from a Russian Journalist

tIn the West, where freedom of the press supposedly prevails, Russian journalists have not been allowed to attend press conferences of heads of state and government for a long time. In Russia, on the other hand, where censorship and repression of journalists supposedly prevail, journalists are not only allowed to attend press conferences of President Putin and other leading Russian politicians, they are also given the opportunity to ask detailed questions.