In Search of Putin’s Russia - Arising from the Rouble

The Russian economy is in crisis. Many Russians are struggling to make ends meet, due to sanctions in the wake of the Crimea crisis and the Ukraine conflict, unstable oil prices, and a fluctuating currency. Even the better off have been affected by the economic crisis in various ways. But who is responsible for the crisis? Is it Putin’s imperial ambitions, or the western response to them, the Kremlin’s economic policies, the infamous corruption, or the communist legacy? Russian journalist and filmmaker