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Russia’s ‘Fake’ Election

Investigations and journeys into the heart of global events from Â鶹Éç correspondents.

Ksenia Sobchak is young, wealthy and famous. Her father helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now she’s challenging ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency. A perfect pedigree? Perhaps. But some say she’s a fake candidate, running a no-hope race to boost the Kremlin’s democratic credentials. Gabriel Gatehouse travels to Russia to unravel a tale of family loyalties, a death in suspicious circumstances, and double dealings in the quest for power.

Producer: Mike Gallagher

Photo Credit: Photography by Dmitriy Kandinskiy

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27 minutes

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Sun 11 Mar 2018 05:32GMT

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  • Thu 8 Mar 2018 13:32GMT
  • Thu 8 Mar 2018 20:06GMT
  • Thu 8 Mar 2018 21:06GMT
  • Fri 9 Mar 2018 02:32GMT
  • Sun 11 Mar 2018 05:32GMT

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