Selwyn College Ramsay Murray Lecture 2015 (Bridget Kendall - BBC Diplomatic Correspondent - 'Putin, Russia and the West')

The BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall gave the Selwyn College Ramsay Murray lecture on Friday May 1st about Vladimir Putin, Russia and the West. Ms Kendall is a former Moscow correspondent, and she has interviewed Putin and many other world leaders for the BBC. There was a capacity audience for the event, and much praise afterwards for the range and ambition of the lecture. It looks at the history of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine – and seeks to assess the future of Moscow’s relations with the west