BBC TV Putin, Russia and the West Part 1 of 4 (19 January 2012)

Putin, Russia and the West BBC2 19 January 2012 Vladimir Putin, after eight years as president of Russia and four more as prime minister, is stubbornly holding onto power. He has announced his intention to return as president and declared his party the winner in parliamentary elections that are widely seen as fraudulent. In Moscow 100, 000 protesters have taken to the streets in the largest demonstrations since Putin took office. Putin began his career as a KGB spy but when he became president, he made h