PBS NewsHour: Inside Putin's Russia

PBS NewsHour: Inside Putin's Russia

PBS NewsHour: Inside Putin's Russia

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PBS NewsHour: Inside Putin's Russia

2017

1h 1m

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Correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin take us inside Vladimir Putin's Russia, with an in-depth look at the resurgent national identity, the government's propaganda machine, the risk of being a Kremlin critic and much more.

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