11. To the Brink
Description
In late 2021, Vladimir Putin emerges from his Covid-19 bunker with an even smaller inner circle, increasingly outlandish demands of NATO and the west, and an immense military build-up on the border of Ukraine. How did seclusion change his mindset? And how did the west misunderstand him so badly?
To understand the Russian President and interpret his words and actions in those crucial weeks before the invasion, Jonny Dymond is joined by:
Andrei Soldatov - Investigative journalist, specialist in Russia’s intelligence services, and author of ‘The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin’
Sarah Rainsford - BBC Eastern Europe Correspondent and former Moscow Correspondent
Sir Laurie Bristow - Former British diplomat and UK Ambassador to Russia, 2016-2020.
Production coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Siobhan Reed
Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar
Producer: Nathan Gower
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Series Editor: Simon Watts
Vladimir Putin survived the short lived revolt that saw thousands of mercenaries march towards Moscow, but at what cost?
Jonny Dymond is joined by:
Polina Ivanova: foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, covering Russia and Ukraine.
Owen Matthews: journalist, historian and author of...
Published 06/27/23
Ukrainecast comes together with Putin, the BBC Sounds and Radio 4 podcast which examines the life, times, motives and modus operandi of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Returning to the show are three lifelong Kremlin-watchers to cast ahead and speculate on just how this war might develop.
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Published 02/23/23