RUSSIA | S03 07 - Putin goes nuclear to retain his popularity

Like all dictators, Vladimir Putin is terrified of being overthrown by his people.

Keeping his popularity high among average Russians is a priority for him, and from 2014 to 2018 he was king of the mountain.

To keep that going in 2018 he announced an exciting new nuclear-powered nuclear missile.

But that's where things started to go wrong.