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Fiona Hill

Fiona Hill

The Backstory • S1, Episode 3

Fiona Hill

Andrew Neil talks to the British-born Russia expert about Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and how she went from a deprived town in the North-East of England to advising three US presidents.

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