Steve Rosenberg

You just note that it's happening.

Oh, off he goes.

As soon as I start talking about it.

That's what it is at the moment.

That's what life is like.

And you kind of, it's not surprising anymore.

There would be no point, I think, in me being here if I couldn't report on what's happening.

I think it's still possible to do that.

I wouldn't ask people on the streets, do you support the war?

Are you against the war?

Because that could get people into trouble.

However, there are masses of questions that you can ask people to get a sense of the mood on the streets.

From the conversations I've had in villages and towns and cities, I think it's pretty clear that many Russians are tired of this war.

More and more Russians are feeling it in terms of they know people who've either been killed fighting in Ukraine or been injured.

And also people feeling the economic consequences of four years of sanctions, which are now really kicking in.

Well, for a start, I mean, I don't take that for granted and there's no guarantee that I get a question, right?

But I see it as a huge responsibility because if you get a question to Vladimir Putin, you want to make it count, right?

You don't want to ask a kind of a puff question, right?

Some of the questions that Vladimir Putin has been asked include, do you have a dream, Mr. President?

And are you a happy person?