Putin's Russia: An election without democracy?
Newscast
03/15/24
•28m
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Today is the first day of voting in Russia's presidential election which is all but certain to hand Vladimir Putin another six years in power.
Adam is joined by Catherine Belton, journalist and author of Putin’s People, and former British Defence Attaché to Moscow John Foreman. They discuss the tactics used to fixed the election, Macron’s failed attempts at diplomacy and how interested Rishi Sunak is in foreign policy.
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