mr putin was the imam samudra it was the. as the president of russia vladimir putin at a gathering of social volunteers at a packed arena in northwest of moscow there they were celebrating the work of volunteers who form the backbone of most of the organization of the big events that take place in russia sporting and non-sporting events also presenting some awards there he was asked a very directly the question that's been on everybody's lips and the thing that we were possibly waiting for a direct answer for but we didn't get one and that was whether.