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Vladimir Milov

There are few more thankless tasks than being an opposition leader in Russia. Kremlin opponents are starved of airtime, harrassed and locked up. Is democracy a Russian priority?

Stephen Sackur talks to Vladimir Milov, founder and leader of the Democratic Choice movement. There are few more thankless tasks in world politics than being an opposition leader in Russia. Vladimir Putin's approval ratings continue to defy gravity, even in the teeth of a prolonged economic recession. Kremlin opponents are starved of media airtime, routinely harrassed and often locked up, or worse. Maybe democracy isn't a Russian priority?

30 minutes

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Sat 28 May 2016 03:30GMT
麻豆社 News North America

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Vladimir Milov

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