Russians hate politics nowadays. Even Putin does, according to Ignat Kalinin, a journalist who himself stopped covering military affairs for newspapers and now is editor in a special department of RT that tries to help ordinary people solve their daily problems.

https://youtu.be/rZsLZNSvVH4     (Video version 24 December 2018)

• Ignat Kalinin, Senior editor, RT television, Moscow, in conversation with the host, Metta Spencer.

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