Nicole Wolkov is a Russia researcher at the Institute for the Study of War, an American think tank. In this extended conversation she discusses the domestic pressures on President Putin in the aftermath of the Dagestan attacks, dismissal of Ukrainian national identity and the slowing tempo of Russian military activity around Kharkiv.

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Frontline special - Russia researcher Nicole Wolkov (EXTENDED)