Yuri Shevchuk and Vladimir Putin

The World

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Russian journalist Seva Novgorodsev about a heated public exchange between a well-known Russian rock star and Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The topic was freedom of speech in Russia.

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