Confronting the Russian accused of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko | 60 Minutes Australia
1,190We all prayed those days were over. But Russia is on the prowl again, in an angry mood and still armed to the teeth with a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons. The bear slumbered for 20 years after the collapse of communism, crippled by its basket-case economy and rampant corruption. But new-found wealth and a growing sense of pride under Vladimir Putin have fuelled a dangerous new nationalism. Now the old belligerence is back and, as Liam Bartlett reports, suddenly the world is on the brink of a new Cold War.
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