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HARDtalk: Mikhail Margelov - Senator, Russian Federation Council

Mikhail Margelov

11/12/2013

Mikhail Margelov - Senator, Russian Federation Council

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Mikhail Margelov - Senator, Russian Federation Council

Mikhail Margelov talks about whether Russia really is a global power.

HARDtalk speaks to Mikhail Margelov, an influential voice in Russia's foreign policy establishment. For all Vladimir Putin's muscle-flexing, is Russia really a global power?

Vladimir Putin has developed a knack for getting what he wants. The Russian president did not want neighbouring Ukraine to sign a partnership deal with the European Union - he used Moscow's economic leverage to block it. Nor did Putin want US-led military intervention in Syria - he used diplomatic craft to block that too. 

HARDtalk speaks to Mikhail Margelov, an influential voice in Russia's foreign policy establishment. For all Mr Putin's muscle-flexing, is Russia really a global power?

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