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Jan 2025
22m 57s

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Is Putin vulnerable...

Bbc World Service
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Vladimir Kara-Murza, the anti-Putin activist who was twice poisoned, then imprisoned in Russia. He was freed in a prisoner swap last summer, and is now lobbying the West to intensify the pressure on the Kremlin. But is there any reason to believe Putin is vulnerable?

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