Russia with Simon Reeve S01E03 - Episode 3

The third and final leg of Simon's Russian journey takes him from the illegally annexed peninsula of Crimea to the historic Baltic city of St Petersburg.

Travelling across Russia's vast western plains Simon discovers depopulated villages and a rural community clinging on to existence and feeling abandoned by central government; at a small cottage hospital he meets an inspiring doctor trying to protect his clinic from closure. Arriving in Moscow he meets a victim of Russia's strict laws around protests, who was arrested for protesting against her flat being demolished.