From street thug to spy – what the Russian president did before he came to power.
To understand what Vladimir Putin might do in the future, you need to understand his past; where he’s come from, what he’s lived through, what he’s done. Jonny Dymond hears tales of secret agents, gangsters and the time a young Putin faced off a rat.
He’s joined by:
Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York and the great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Tim Whewell, who watched the rise of the man who’s changing the world as Moscow correspondent for the BBC in the 1990s Dr Mark Galeotti, author of "We need to talk about Putin" and an expert in global crime and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.
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
3. Unleashing power
2. Out of the shadows
Introducing Putin
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