Russia's Longest Leader: Vladimir Putin (2019)

The Moth: In this episode, we dive into the life of Vladimir Putin and try to understand how he became Russia's new "tsar." by Throughline

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Russia's Vladamir Putin: In this episode, we dive into the life of Vladimir Putin and try to understand how he became Russia's new "tsar." by Throughline

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Former President of Russian Railways - Vladimir Yakunin: Are cracks showing in the Putin project? by HARDtalk

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Putin: a president trapped in power: Now in power until 2036 after a recent constitutional change, Vladimir Putin is nevertheless facing a difficult future as the Russian economy stagnates and popular unrest grows. Gideon Rachman and Catherine Belton, author and former FT journalist, disc... by The Rachman Review

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Whose World Order? | The Roundtable Ep. 108: At time of recording, Vladimir Putin had ordered soldiers into two separatist regions of Ukraine—he had not yet launched what is now a full-scale war. The European order looks precarious, and our political establishment looks all too eager to throw... by The American Mind

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Are We Seeing Cracks In Putin’s Regime?: Last weekend, in the course of about 36 hours, Vladimir Putin faced — and then survived — one of the most serious challenges to his rule in over 20 years. An armed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of a Russian mercenary group, took control of a southern military town, and then advanced toward Moscow, coming within about 125 miles of the city. Then, as suddenly as the rebellion began, it was over: Prigozhin was quickly exiled to Belarus without facing criminal charges — an outcome that shocked many Russia watchers. Why did Prigozhin stage this rebellion in the first palace? Why did Putin respond the way he did? What are the implications for the future of Putin’s rule — and the broader war in Ukraine? There are few people who understand the Putin regime as deeply as Stephen Kotkin, a pre-eminent scholar of Russian history at Stanford. We discuss Prigozhin’s complex motivations, why Putin didn’t shut down Prigozhin’s critiques before by The Ezra Klein Show

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The Lawfare Podcast: Putin's Imperial Gamble: Episode #145 by The Lawfare Podcast

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Lawfare Archive: Putin's Imperial Gamble by The Lawfare Podcast

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Putin's Rise to Power by Warfare

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What Xi is learning from Putin's war - with Matt Pottinger: As Russia has become isolated globally, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official was asked if Moscow has anyone left in its corner, anywhere in the world. Her response: “Of course, we have them. Look at the reaction of world giants. Those who do not pretend to be giants, but are real giants. For example, it is China. You can see this reaction, can’t you?” So what exactly is going on between Xi Xingping and Vladamir Putin as tensions escalate between Russia and the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? How does this inform our thinking about whether we are, indeed, in a new Cold War -- and how we need to re-think our entire national security strategy, defense posture, and approach to global affairs? Russia’s experience in Ukraine – and the West’s response – is a laboratory for the Chinese Communist Party leadership to study as Beijing contemplates its next moves in this Cold War. To help us understand how Ch by Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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Vladimir Putin: Mary Ann Sieghart explores what has shaped Vladimir Putin's view of the world. by Profile

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What Putin Wants: Russia’s newly-belligerent stance has rocked the democratic West on its heels, from the annexation of the Crimea to the sponsoring of extremist digital disinformation to – almost certainly – the stacking of elections in the US and UK. And it all stems from the paranoid, Machiavellian, espionage-steeped mindset of one man: Vladimir Putin. by This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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Essential Geopolitics: Russia After Putin: In this episode of RANE's Essential Geopolitics podcast, the conversation turns to Russia's efforts to limit the role of its presidency. With a constitutional amendment that would allow Vladimir Putin to run for another two terms, the Kremlin is also... by RANE Podcast Series

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Russia's new Time of Troubles – with Vladislav Zubok by The New Statesman Podcast

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Russia’s Murky Future: When Russia botched its invasion of Ukraine and the West quickly came together in support of Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appeared shakier than ever. Last summer, an attempted coup even seemed to threaten his rule. But today... by The Foreign Affairs Interview

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Two books cover the Russia-Ukraine war from opposite perspectives by NPR's Book of the Day

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Why Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the question most analysts were asking was not whether Russia would win. It was how fast. On almost every quantifiable metric from military strength to economic size Russia has decisive advantages over Ukraine. A swift Russian victory appeared inevitable. Of course, that swift victory didn’t happen. And in recent weeks, the direction of the war has begun to tilt in Ukraine’s direction. On Sept. 6, the Ukrainian military launched a counteroffensive near Kharkiv in northern Ukraine and regained 3,400 square miles of territory in a week — more territory than Russia had captured in the last five months. Analysts are now saying it’s unlikely that Vladimir Putin can accomplish one of his chief aims: annexing the Donbas by force. Andrea Kendall-Taylor is the director of the trans-Atlantic security program at the Center for a New American Security. She’s a former intelligence officer who, from 2015 to 2018, led by The Ezra Klein Show

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Ukraine's Dangerous Independence by Throughline

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Mark Galeotti, "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine" (Bloomsbury, 2022) by New Books in Political Science

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Masha Gessen on Putin’s 'Profoundly Anti-Modern’ Worldview: For Western audiences, the past few weeks have been a torrent of information about what’s happening in Russia and Ukraine. Daily updates of Russian military advances. Horrifying videos of buildings exploding and innocent civilians being killed. Announcements of increasingly severe economic sanctions and major corporate pullouts. Charts showing the collapse of the ruble. Story after story about the hardships facing the Russian economy. Most Russians, however, are living in an alternate reality. This week, the Russian government made it a crime for journalists to spread what it considers false information about the “special military operation” in Ukraine — information that would include calling the war a war. As a result, many Western news organizations, including The Times, have pulled their employees out of Russia. The Kremlin has made it nearly impossible for people in Russia to access independent or international news sourc by The Ezra Klein Show

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How Russia sees itself, with Orlando Figes by World Review from the New Statesman

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The Xi-Putin alliance: how China and Russia are getting ever closer by Chinese Whispers

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Vladimir Putin (Part 2): The second half of the life and times of Vladimir Putin by How to Take Over the World

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Mini-Episode: Catherine the Great: How did a German girl from a family of little note become one of the most powerful people in the world and one of the greatest rulers in Russian history? On this mini-episode, we explore the life of Catherine the Great and the attributes that defined... by How to Take Over the World

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Episode 200: Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who REALLY Ran Washington: We may not see the likes of James Baker again. His influence on American politics, governance and diplomacy spans four presidents bridging two centuries. His rarified career that took him from the tennis courts of Houston to the palace courts for... by Inside the ICE House

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Mutiny in Moscow: why it’s not all over for Vladimir Putin: This hasn’t been the greatest week for Russia President, Vladimir Putin in two decades of power in the Kremlin. A mutinous band of mercenaries that he himself created, charged up towards Moscow, denouncing his war in Ukraine and seemingly meeting... by The Fourcast

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67. The Second Collapse of the Russian Empire, with Angela Stent & Mark Galeotti: « Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.” When a fresh-faced Vladimir Putin made those comments back in 2000, Russia had only recently lost its Soviet Empire and endured... by Uncommon Decency

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Rasputin: Magical Dark Monk or Malodorous Drunk Mountebank? | 172 by Hysteria 51

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Kathryn E. Stoner, "Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order" (Oxford UP, 2020) by New Books in Political Science

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Putin's People with Catherine Belton and Edward Lucas: Former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs. Through exclusive inte... by Intelligence Squared

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