Moscow’s It girl takes on Putin

Moscow talk-show host Ksenia Sobchak says she wants to unite the opposition against Putin. Can she be believed?

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Ksenia Sobchak: a Kremlin-backed decoy?
(Image credit: 2017 Victor Boyko)

With approval ratings topping 80%, Vladimir Putin "could be on for a landslide" in Russia's presidential elections in March, says Sky News. Although there are no serious challengers following the banning of Alexei Navalny (see below), by far his most intriguing opponent is Ksenia Sobchak a Russian celebrity and political talk-show host once described as "Moscow's answer to Paris Hilton".

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