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In this show dubbed "Tonight with Vladimir Putin" ("Tonight with Vladimir Putin"), the Russian president is a virtual character made through a 3D digital cartoon technique. © BBC

This is a new satirical show that is already much talk about it in the United Kingdom and Russia: the BBC will launch a talk show whose presenter will be Vladimir Putin or rather an animated version and caricature of the Russian president. This program, of course, gives rise to many comments in Russia, where the joke is not really appreciated.

With our correspondent in Moscow, Daniel Vallot

In the image, a Russian president in three dimensions, a caricature whose accent and jokes are meant to be humorous. This is only a trailer, but the tone is given.

The joke has attracted many comments in Russia, rarely laudable. Unsurprisingly, the media close to the Kremlin castigate a program described as Russophobic and bad taste. But critics also come from independent personalities. On his Facebook page, Ksnenia Larina, a journalist with Radio Echos in Moscow, believes that Vladimir Putin can only be satisfied with a program that only " confirms its global popularity ".

For his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin never looked at the caricatures that are made of him. And for good reason, one would be tempted to add: in Russia, it has been a long time since television dares to make fun of the Kremlin. The Russian version of the "Guignols de l'info" was also removed from the antenna in 2000, just after Vladimir Putin came to power.

🥋🇷🇺 Britain's newest chat show host - please welcome Vladimir Putin to @BBCTwo pilot #TonightWithVladimirPutin: https://t.co/DVY8uVOWSM pic.twitter.com/ifgw0s0kWB

BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) May 21, 2019