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HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to, Boris Titov, leader of Russia's Party of Growth. Seven candidates are challenging Vladimir Putin in this month's Russian presidential election; but none of them has much hope of victory. To all intents and purposes this is a show election to confirm the popularity and the power of Mr Putin. But is there danger for Russia in this Putinisation of politics. One of the seven 'other' candidates - Boris Titov, is a Putin appointee as government ombudsman for business. Does Russia need reform rather than authoritarianism?