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Newshour: Putin Softens Pension Plan After Backlash

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Putin Softens Pension Plan After Backlash

29/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Putin Softens Pension Plan After Backlash

Russian leader Vladimir Putin softens pension changes following protests

Russian leader Vladimir Putin softens planned pension changes following angry protests and a slump in his approval rating.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has rowed back on plans to make women wait until they're 63 to get the state pension, softening a measure that's drastically cut his approval rating.

Also in the programme: Brazil's decision deploy its army to its border with Venezuela, and the contraception app in trouble for exaggerating its effectiveness.

Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Alexei Druzhinin\TASS via Getty Images.

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