What is the best way to deal with dipping political ratings? If you are President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, it’s apparently to start a TV show featuring clips of you picking berries in the wilderness, staring at goats and being interviewed by teenagers.

On Sunday, Rossiya 1, a state television channel, aired the first episode of “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.” — an hourlong show featuring highlights of the president’s recent travels around Russia, along with much studio discussion praising the president as a model of vigor and compassion.

In one segment he was shown picking then eating berries. “We should gather these and go to the collective farm market,” he said.

The show comes at a time of relative difficulty for Mr. Putin. Last month, he was forced to dilute a much-despised plan to save money on state pensions by raising retirement ages. The plan has hurt his popularity, with his approval rating falling from around 80 percent to the mid-60s, its lowest level since he annexed Crimea in 2014, before rebounding to about 70 percent.