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Should Putin worry?

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What better advertisement for a demonstration than to haul leading organisers in for questioning the day before? That’s what panellists tell François Picard after Moscow’s biggest protest since the re-election of Vladimir Putin.

DEBATE
  • Nina ZAKHARKINA-BEREZNER. Activist, member of "Russie Libertés" (from Moscow);
  • Tania RAKHMANOVA. Filmmaker and writer; Author of "Au coeur du pouvoir russe" ("At the heart of Russian power");
  • Alexis PROKOPIEV. Spokesperson, "Russie Libertés" ("Russia Freedoms")
  • John LAUGHLAND. Director of Studies, Institute of Democracy & Cooperation;
  • Inga WATERLOT. Head of the Russian service, Radio France Internationale.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Wassim Nasr.

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