The Documentary Podcast
Bonus: The Global Jigsaw - Does Russia’s election matter?
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February 17, 2024
36 minutes
Available for over a year
Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for the Kremlin. We look into the efforts aimed at achieving unequivocal victory in what seems to be the most oppressive election in Russia for two decades. What are the stories state media can and cannot touch, how much of a headache does dissent from the mothers and wives of soldiers pose to the authorities and does Putin really have body doubles? We have the answers.
Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg
Editor: Judy King
Twitter handle of contributors: @VitalyBBC, @jen_mon1, @oivshina
Original music: Pete Cunningham
Sound engineer: Martin Appleby