Director of the Institute for Political Studies, Sergey Markov, shared his views on Putin’s role following his visit to France.

Victoria Panova, a political analyst from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, joined RT to comment on Putin’s trip to France.

Two Czech activists protesting against the American missile shield in Eastern Europe are into their third week of a hunger strike. One of them, Jan Tamas, joined RT to talk about what motivated him.

For a round-up of the week’s trading action on the Russian markets, equity strategist Erik DePoy from Alfa Bank joined RT. He says the gains made by UES, the state power generator due to be split up, are set to grow further next week.