1/2. Last spring Vladimir Putin won a landslide victory for a second term as Russian president. Less than a year later his firm grip on power looks decidedly shaky. He promised to bring security to Chechnya but the conflict is spreading. Revolutions on Russia's borders in a string of former Soviet Republics are making Moscow feel ever more isolated. In this programme Lucy Ash investigates the erosion of the Russian President's power base. She meets grassroots political movements, and looks at the Kremlin's attempts to impose its will on the powerful regions. She asks the question that many Russians are asking: could an Orange Revolution unseat Putin? Producer Nick Sturdee