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According to the witnesses, the journalists from major newspapers were called to an emergency meeting at President Putin's country estate, on which, they were told, "something important will be announced". Once there, there were ushered into the billiard room and left waiting for more than four hours, without being told anything. Their editors kept calling them, reminding them that this will be front-page news and has to be submitted ASAP.
President Putin arrived after midnight and demonstrated the baby tiger to the journalists. Next day this was indeed a prominent feature in TV and newspaper reports.
As to the reason why this was considered such an important news item: there is an unofficial directive to keep news positive in Russia at the time of economic crisis. The words "crisis" or "collapse" are black-listed; instead it is recommended that the news anchors use words such as "decrease" or "slow-down". The baby tiger is exactly the kind of a "feel-good" news item that will be welcome in this time.
The cat that Putin has shot with a tranquilizer dart is another characteristic story. This happened during his visit to a nature preserve in Far East and was a staged scene. The tigress he shot and released was one of half-tamed caged animals on display there. After having been sedated, she has never fully recovered and eventually died. Her care-givers suspect that the dose of the sedative was too high, to guarantee the President's safety.