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Russia and the World

 

The Kremlin and the World

Nearly 20 years after the Cold War ended, there's a new chill in relations between Russia and the West.

In The Kremlin and the World, former Moscow correspondent Tim Whewell talks to those closest to Mr Putin and their counterparts in the Pentagon and the capitals of Europe.

How did Putin feel when his early courtship of the West was unrequited?

What has caused the revived tensions along the old East-West fault-line?

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Our daily programme Analysis looks at views of Russia around the world...

The deterioration of ties between the United States and Russia.

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The reality of Moscow's increasingly fraught relations with the European Union.

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