Ashurkov: Confronting regime in Russia is ’not easy’ - BBC HARDtalk

BBC HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Russian opposition figure Vladimir Ashurkov. Where does the opposition stand in Russia today? Some have been jailed, others have been forced to leave the country, like Vladimir Ashurkov, who is facing embezzlement charges in Russia which he says are politically motivated. He has now been granted asylum in the UK. In Russia he was the right hand man of anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny of the Progress Party. He talks to HARDtalk’s Zeinab Badawi about where the