Bridget Kendall has been BBC Diplomatic correspondent since 1998.

She joined the BBC in 1983 and became a correspondent when she moved to Moscow in 1989.

Bridget has made several documentaries for BBC television including profiles of Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as a documentary on the rise of Russian nationalism and a profile of Hillary Clinton.

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