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Perhaps the most authentic element of is the live phone-in. In the West, call-in shows are niche radio affairs. In Russia, they are prime-time (night-time) television. The beauty of these calls is their honesty.

Then, at 3:17 AM, Screen Two flickered.

A typical interaction at 2:15 AM: "Vladimir Vladimirovich, I saw a black dog cross the road three times today. Is the government hiding the truth about the chemtrails?" Host (Deadpan): "Anna Petrovna, we have a guest from the Ministry of Health here. He says it's just contrails. But we also have a guest from the Academy of Mystical Sciences who disagrees. Let's debate." russian night live tv

The iron door creaked open, just a crack. A pale hand emerged, holding a child’s red mitten. The hand dropped the mitten into the snow and retreated. The door slammed shut. Perhaps the most authentic element of is the live phone-in

Calls flooded in from across the country. A woman in Nizhny Novgorod screamed that the man was standing in her courtyard. A pensioner in Novosibirsk claimed the same man had been outside his window for three nights. The switchboard melted. The beauty of these calls is their honesty