President Putin turns on the men who manoeuvred him to power, he turns on the media and turns to the West with an offer of support after 9/11.
According to Britain’s former ambassador to Russia, there are two sides to Putin; one pragmatic and charming, the other angry and irrational. To understand him and what he might do next you need to learn to read both.
Jonny Dymond is joined by:
Sir Roderic John Lyne, British Ambassador to Russia from 2000 to 2004 Misha Glenny, former BBC correspondent and author of ‘McMafia’ Irina Borogan, Russian investigative journalist and author of “The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB”
Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: James Beard Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight
15. Tanks Riding Towards Moscow
14. 12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?
13. No Way Out?
12. The Lightning Strike
11. To the Brink
10. Preying on Hopes and Fears
9. The Emperor's Palace
8. The Splinter
7. The Ultimate Insult
6. The Believer
5. An Indispensable Tsar
4. The Shallow Roots of Democracy
2. Out of the shadows
1. The Moth
Introducing Putin
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