Leader of the Russian Democratic Choice movement - Vladimir Milov
Is democracy a Russian priority?
The Interview · BBC World Service
May 9, 201623m 24s
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Show Notes
Stephen Sackur talks to Vladimir Milov, founder and leader of the Democratic Choice movement. There are few more thankless tasks in world politics than being an opposition leader in Russia. Vladimir Putin's approval ratings continue to defy gravity, even in the teeth of a prolonged economic recession. Kremlin opponents are starved of media airtime, routinely harrassed and often locked up, or worse. Maybe democracy isn't a Russian priority?