Is Vladimir Putin losing his grip on Siberia? - BBC Newsnight

Our Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford travelled east to Irkutsk in Siberia to test the mood - 5 times zones from Russia’s capital… Subscribe to our channel here: Russian president Vladimir Putin talks about making Russia great again - restoring its status on the world stage as a country to be reckoned with. But a recent report has shown that more than one in five Russians now live in poverty and polls suggest that the protest mood is on the rise. Mr Putin’s approval rating is st