Russias Fake Election

Published: March 8, 2018, 2 p.m.

Ksenia Sobchak is young, wealthy and famous. Her father helped bring down the Soviet Union. Now she\u2019s challenging ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency. A perfect pedigree? Perhaps. But some say she\u2019s a fake candidate, running a no-hope race to boost the Kremlin\u2019s democratic credentials. Gabriel Gatehouse travels to Russia to unravel a tale of family loyalties, a death in suspicious circumstances, and double dealings in the quest for power.

Producer: Mike Gallagher