Russian President Putin in London for Judo and Talks with Britain’s Prime Minister

Watching the Olympics Thursday was Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin could be spotted at his favorite sport: judo. That was after he’d visited British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. Host Aaron Schachter talks with author Angus Roxburgh about the frosty Anglo-Russian relationship.

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