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Inside Putin's Russia

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2/5. Vologda. Bridget Kendall travels to Vologda,
Russia's spiritual and rural heartland. Four hundred kilometres north of Moscow, Vologda is an ancient centre of monastic pilgrimage, famous for its forests and for its creamy butter. But Russia's rural regions are in terrible decline. More than 80 years after the Bolsheviks abolished private property, Russians can now own land again. Butwhy has privatisation made so little difference to agriculture? And what is the cause of rural degeneration inside Putin's Russia? For details see yesterday

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