S4E7 - Russia, COVID-19 in India and local elections

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Fuse in Focus

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This week on fuse in focus the team discusses the strife engulfing Russian politics centring around the two personalities of Vladimir Putin and the imprisoned activist Alexei Navalny. In other international news we discuss the Indian covid catastrophe and the debate surrounding responsibilities of support by members of the Indian diaspora. In domestic news fuse in focus members debate the electoral potentialities of the northern Independence Party and drawbacks of first past the post voting. Finally in Manchester student news we look at the motives and demands of a new student occupation of the Sam Alex building.