Topical Tuesday: What’s the Russians' real opinion of Putin?

In this episode of the podcast we talk about the Russian President election. Vladimir Putin is expected to start his fourth term as president. The approval rate of the man who has been President and Prime Minister in Russia since 1999, has not fallen below 80 per cent since March 2014. But how much can we rely on the polls? In fact- is there any news coverage in Russia that is not just Fake News and Propaganda? In the panel: Pavel Andreev runs a major «social media» platform in North-Western Russia. Sangadzhieva, Senior Adviser on Russia at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee Moderator: Stig Arild Pettersen, DuVerden.