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Inquiry: Has Russia Won In Ukraine?

10/08/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Essential, Inquiry: Has Russia Won In Ukraine?

Anna Arutunyan explains why Putin has limited control

What did President Putin want when he sent men and arms to fight in Eastern Ukraine - and has he got it? In this excerpt from The Inquiry Moscow-based journalist Anna Arutunyan sets out why Putin has limited control over events in Ukraine.

(Image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a rally by the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow. Credit to Getty Images)

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