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Vice 6x7 - Russian Democracy & Global Gag Rule

    

":Russian Democracy":: Russia held its seventhdemocratic presidential election in March and, as expected,Vladimir Putin added another six years to his already longtenure. With Putin now Russia's longest-serving leader sinceStalin, VICE sent Ben Ferguson to speak with voters,candidates and opposition figures barred from running in hopesof discovering how democracy works in Russia. "Global GagRule": Just three days after his inauguration, PresidentTrump signed a memorandum reinstating what's known as theGlobal Gag Rule, which eliminates U.S. funding for any NGOproviding abortion-related services. In the year since, theeffects of this policy have rippled across Africa. GiannaToboni investigates the impact on women's health in Uganda.
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