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I'm John Boucher this is the new John Boucher show it's a great pleasure to

speak to Arcadia Stovsky the Russia editor of the economist magazine

Basin London we're discussing Vladimir Putin on the eve theoretically of a

summit between Vladimir Putin the president for as long as he wishes of

Russia of the Russia federation and Joe Biden the new president of the United

States were also watching very carefully the health of the election of

only the protester who has risen to a political presence a significant

political presence in Russia and in Eurasia then there is the Russian

economy Arcadia you know very well that Germany has a big vote in the European

Union banking industry energy and recently sanctions by the US and by the

European Union have left out Nord Stream 2 the massive project 90%

complete I read to connect Russian energy to Germany and therefore the European

Union the Germans are reluctant that might be the wrong word the Germans have

acknowledged that Nord Stream 2 is important to them and they're reluctant to

change the terms at all is that a profound factor for Vladimir Putin is that

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