HT: Sergei Guriev 26 Jun 13




Hardtalk show

Summary: Gavin Esler talks to Sergei Guriev, a star Russian economist who has been advocating liberalising economic reform in his country. But after becoming involved in the case of former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he found himself in trouble with the authorities and decided to go into exile. What does Guriev's extraordinary story tell us about the true face of Vladimir Putin's Russia?