<p>Gideon talks to Russia experts Catherine Belton and Arkady Ostrovsky about Vladimir Putin’s goals. They discuss his early ambition to restore Russia’s status as a global superpower. And they go on to analyse why, after a quarter of a century in power, Putin may see his best chance yet of achieving that goal - at a cost of hundreds of thousands of Russian lives. This episode is an edited recording of an event organised by Intelligence Squared that took place in central London earlier this month.</p><br><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.intelligencesquared.com/the-age-of-the-strongman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The age of the strongman</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/42rsDvt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump, Putin, Xi and the new age of empire</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4iWkrJW" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US agrees maritime ceasefire deal with Ukraine and Russia</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4iWks0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine ceasefire: what is Vladimir Putin’s game?</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/43ZFWFA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia trained officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea</a></p><br><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/af7673fd-ed08-46fa-b60c-5fd73554bf4f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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