Putin's Russia: An election without democracy?
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:04.7 | Hello, we've had an amazing message from newscaster Gail, |
| 0:08.8 | who's from Kirkcordi in Fife, which is very near where my grandparents used to live. |
| 0:13.6 | So I know that area well. |
| 0:14.8 | Anyway, Gail was visiting London, |
| 0:18.0 | where newscast is based, |
| 0:19.3 | for her 65th birthday, happy birthday, |
| 0:21.6 | Gail. |
| 0:22.2 | She went to have afternoon tea at |
| 0:24.1 | Savoy, very fancy. Then she went to see Phantom of the Opera. Classic. This is |
| 0:28.6 | turning out to be my ideal day, Gail. I'm very sad you didn't invite me. |
| 0:32.0 | But then because she's been listening to newscast |
| 0:34.7 | ever since it was election cast in 2017, |
| 0:37.3 | she said she had to go and look at Big Band |
| 0:39.4 | Downing Street and Westminster. |
| 0:40.9 | And this is where I will pick up reading her email. She says on the way |
| 0:44.4 | there King Charles's car passed us going into Buckingham Palace. Ritchie Sunak's car |
| 0:49.2 | passed us going to Prime Minister's question but this wasn't the highlight of my trip. Oh no, as we were waiting for |
| 0:55.0 | Big Ben to strike 12, with three minutes to go, who did I see hurrying into the building? |
| 1:00.3 | Chris Mason! I couldn't believe it, and my friend thought I was mad and said |
| 1:04.4 | That's the best bit of the email gale. She said rest assured I put her |
| 1:09.8 | straight about what she's been missing. Adam, Chris, Laura and Paddy, |
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