In 2004, terrorists take more than 1,100 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia. On October 28, 2004, Vladimir Putin makes a not entirely correct parade on Khreschtschatyk, the central boulevard in Kiev.
The defeat of his Russian attempt to influence the 'Orange Revolution' changes Putin's entire political agenda, says Christian Neef in the third episode of the special podcast series “Putin’s Rise�”