20070201192419.000|20070201192619.000|SEG_01|Type=Story start 20070201192419.000|20070201192619.000|SEG|Type=Story 20070201192419.000|20070201192422.333|CCO|>>> FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT 20070201192422.333|20070201192425.667|CCO|VLADIMIR PUTIN ONCE A YEAR IS 20070201192425.667|20070201192429.000|CCO|ENOUGH. 20070201192429.000|20070201192430.667|CCO|ONCE A YEAR HE HOLDS A 20070201192430.667|20070201192432.333|CCO|NATIONALLY TELEVISED NEWS 20070201192432.333|20070201192434.000|CCO|CONFERENCE AND TODAY'S THE DAY. 20070201192434.000|20070201192435.667|CCO|HERE'S CNN'S MATTHEW CHANCE. 20070201192435.667|20070201192437.333|CCO|>> Reporter: WELL, THIS IS A 20070201192437.333|20070201192439.000|CCO|RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR REPORTERS 20070201192439.000|20070201192440.667|CCO|IN RUSSIA TO POSE DIRECT 20070201192440.667|20070201192442.333|CCO|QUESTIONS TO THE COUNTRY'S 20070201192442.333|20070201192444.000|CCO|PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS 20070201192444.000|20070201192445.667|CCO|ASKED ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF 20070201192445.667|20070201192447.333|CCO|ISSUES, MANY OF THEM EXTREMELY 20070201192447.333|20070201192449.000|CCO|CONTROVERSIAL. 20070201192449.000|20070201192451.500|CCO|A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON 20070201192451.500|20070201192454.000|CCO|RUSSIA'S ENERGY POLICIES. 20070201192454.000|20070201192456.500|CCO|PRESIDENT PUTIN DENYING THE 20070201192456.500|20070201192459.000|CCO|KREMLIN WAS USING RUSSIA'S VAST 20070201192459.000|20070201192501.000|CCO|RESERVES OF OIL AND GAS TO 20070201192501.000|20070201192503.000|CCO|POLICE ITS NEIGHBORS. 20070201192503.000|20070201192505.000|CCO|HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 20070201192505.000|20070201192507.000|CCO|>> Translator: WE ARE BEING 20070201192507.000|20070201192509.000|CCO|ASCRIBED THE IDEA THAT RUSSIA IS 20070201192509.000|20070201192511.500|CCO|TRYING TO USE THE ECONOMIC AND 20070201192511.500|20070201192514.000|CCO|THE ENERGY LEVERAGE AND 20070201192514.000|20070201192516.500|CCO|RESOURCES TO POLITICAL ENDS. 20070201192516.500|20070201192519.000|CCO|THIS IS NOT TRUE. 20070201192519.000|20070201192521.500|CCO|THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION HAS FULLY 20070201192521.500|20070201192524.000|CCO|AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET 20070201192524.000|20070201192526.500|CCO|ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS, 20070201192526.500|20070201192529.000|CCO|BUT WE ARE NOT OBLIGED TO 20070201192529.000|20070201192531.000|CCO|SUBSIDIZE THE ECONOMIES OF OTHER 20070201192531.000|20070201192533.000|CCO|COUNTRIES ON A GRAND SCALE, 20070201192533.000|20070201192535.000|CCO|WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO THEIR 20070201192535.000|20070201192537.000|CCO|BUDGETS. 20070201192537.000|20070201192539.000|CCO|AND NOBODY IS DOING THAT, AND 20070201192539.000|20070201192540.667|CCO|WHY ARE WE REQUIRED TO DO SO? 20070201192540.667|20070201192542.333|CCO|>> Reporter: PRESIDENT PUTIN WAS