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29/04/2015 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Vladimir Ashurkov

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Russian opposition figure Vladimir Ashurkov.

Hardtalk meets the Russian opposition figure Vladimir Ashurkov. Are anti-Putin critics like Alexei Navalny and other opposition figures, a credible alternative to the President?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Russian opposition figure Vladimir Ashurkov. He was accused of embezzlement of electoral funds by the Russian authorities, a charge he says is politically motivated. He has now been granted asylum in the UK. So what of his boss back in Moscow, the vocal anti-Putin critic Alexei Navalny and other opposition figures? Are they a credible alternative to President Putin?

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