If you want a slightly more nuanced understanding of Russia, I found this quite good as a crash course to why Russians like Putin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

If you want a slightly more nuanced understanding of Russia, I found this quite good as a crash course to why Russians like Putin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b097l4s7/russia-with-simon-reeve-series-1-episode-2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b097l4s7/russia-with-si...