Putin to America: 'Don't call me a Czar'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Americans should not think of him as an autocratic "czar" and praised their openness and creativity, in an interview ahead of a trip to New York. Putin is to meet US President Barack Obama next week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, amid renewed East-West tensions after Russia's interventions in Ukraine and Syria. It's not important how I'm called, whether these are well-wishers, friends or political opponents," Putin said, according to a translat