Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?
Putin may strip CNN of its Russian broadcasting rights after it refused to air a 30 minute exclusive interview he gave the network.
About two weeks ago, Putin gave the network an exclusive 30-minute interview.
It was never allowed to air. CNN doesn't know it yet, but that decision might have cost them their Russian broadcasting rights.
"This was unprecedented access to Russia's powerful prime minister, the former KGB spy now increasingly at odds with Washington," an overly dramatic voice-over introduced the segment as Chance and Putin enjoyed pre-game banter
Matthew Chance: But it's been no secret either that for years you've been urging the West to take more seriously Russia's concerns about international issues
Vladimir Putin: Of course not. What is more, we did not seek such conflicts and do not want them in the future.
Not only did CNN delete Putin's historical roundup of relations between Russia, Georgia and South Ossetia
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