Far Right & Proud
In the first of three programmes revealing the extreme side of Russia, Reggie Yates visits Moscow to get up close and personal with some of the country's far right nationalists.
Russia is the largest country on earth and home to nearly 150 million people. Vladimir Putin is well into his third term as president and, with the west imposing tough sanctions, relations are now the frostiest since the Cold War.
Reggie Yates gets up close and personal with three very different communities in contemporary Russia. By living with them for a week, he explores what it's like for young people living here, 24 years after the fall of the Soviet Union.
In the first of three programmes revealing the extreme side of Russia, Reggie travels to Moscow to meet some of the country's most dangerous people - the nationalists. With Putin flexing his muscles and squaring up to the west, Reggie arrives in the Russian capital only days before a march in which thousands of ultra-nationalists take to the streets in a show of strength and unity. Reggie immerses himself into a world where patriotism and loving your country is becoming the norm, one with very dangerous consequences.
He trains with knife-wielding far right nationalists, talks to the young artists who idolise Putin, and confronts teenage neo-Nazis who believe that if you're not white then you have no place in Russia. Reggie also meets the non-Russians who live in fear of persecution and hears horrific stories of those who have survived vicious racist attacks.
And with the rise of the far right not just in Russia but across many other western countries, including the UK, Reggie asks if this is what can happen when you love your country too much.
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"Can you explain the pictures of Putin with the animals?"
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Reggie Yates |
Director | Chris Alcock |
Series Producer | Wendie Ottewill |
Production Company | Sundog Pictures |
Broadcasts
- Mon 13 Apr 2015 21:00
- Tue 14 Apr 2015 00:30
- Tue 14 Apr 2015 02:30
- Wed 15 Apr 2015 02:00
- Wed 15 Apr 2015 22:00
- Thu 16 Apr 2015 03:00
- Fri 17 Apr 2015 01:10
- Tue 16 Jun 2015 03:00
- Thu 23 Jul 2015 22:35
- Fri 16 Oct 2015 21:00
- Mon 25 Jan 2016 21:00
- Tue 26 Jan 2016 01:00
- Sun 7 Feb 2016 03:00
- Wed 4 Jul 2018 23:3591热爆 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
- Thu 5 Jul 2018 00:0091热爆 One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Thu 5 Jul 2018 00:3091热爆 One Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 27 Aug 2019 23:2091热爆 One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
- Tue 27 Aug 2019 23:5091热爆 One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Wed 28 Aug 2019 00:2091热爆 One Scotland & Scotland HD only
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