Larry King Live is an American television talk show that was hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly. The one-hour show was broadcast three times a day in some areas, and was seen all over the world on CNN International.

Larry King mainly conducted interviews from the studio, but he also interviewed people on-site in the White House, their prison cells, their homes, and other unique locations. Critics have claimed that Larry King asks "soft" questions in comparison to other interviewers, which allows him to reach guests who would be averse to interviewing on "tough" talk shows. His reputation for asking easy, open-ended questions has made him attractive to important figures who want to state their position while avoiding being challenged on contentious topics.

On September 8, 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin was interviewed. Russian President Vladimir Putin talked freely Friday about the status of the Russian navy, the presidential race in the United States, his own career with the KGB and the "ideological vacuum" that resulted from life in a communist state.

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