"If it is the result of the Putin regime it pleases me," he said with a relaxed smile. "I saw on television mostly young, active people clearly expressing their positions. I am pleased to see this. The fact that people are expressing their point of view about the processes occurring in the country, in the economy, in the social sphere, in politics, is an absolutely normal thing, as long as people continue acting within the law." Mr Putin typically revels in these televised question and answer sessions and Thursday's was no exception. His tenth and his longest yet, he used the occasion to mock the anti-Kremlin protestors who had donned white ribbons as a symbol of their peaceful protest saying he mistakenly thought they had pinned condoms to their clothing.