SHOTLIST
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin entering Russia Today’s English service studio with editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan
2. Cutaway of clock showing Moscow time
3. Various of Putin being shown around English service studio
4. Close of Putin
5. Wide of studio
6. Close of Simonyan
7. Various of Putin being shown around Russia Today Arabic and Spanish studios
8. Various of Spanish studio
STORYLINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday visited the new facilities of 24-hour news channel Russia Today, which is funded by the Kremlin.
The state-of-the-art headquarters for the English language television network opened in Moscow earlier this year.
The new television centre covers an area of 28-thousand square metres (300-thousand square feet) and cost around 300 (m) million US dollars to build.
The scale of the project demonstrates how important the Russian government considers projecting a positive image of the country to the world.
In addition to the English language service, which began in 2005, Russia Today also has an Arabic and a Spanish service, which went on air in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Putin was shown around the Moscow studios by the editor-in-chief of Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan.
He stopped to chat to journalists, fielding questions ranging from the personal to the political issues.
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