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Ep. 7: What Next?

By: Misha Glenny
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  • Summary

  • Misha Glenny talks to former Russia adviser to President Bill Clinton, Mark Meddish, about the country’s political future. Where has Putin’s long rule left Russia today? How long will Putin hold on to power? Can he find a successor?

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Informative interview

This episode wraps up the series nicely with some expert opinion on future possibilities.

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Fascinating backstory to today’s conflict

Easy-listening format that plays out like a well-penned political blockbuster but provides important historical context to the Russia/Ukraine war. I pressed play and wasn’t able to stop!

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very informative

This was great, reminded me of things I had forgotten over the years. Gave me a more informed view of where countries like the Ukraine are now.

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subjective.

horrible biased, twisted "facts" and overly dramatic. I can recommend it for back ground noise.

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Fascinating series.

Clear explanations about how Putin roze to the top & how uses his power .

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Trump vs Putin inaccuracies, but entertaining

Story is entertaining and interesting with regard to explaining Putin's rise to power but makes statements about Russia's involvement in US elections that are not backed up and just follows the media's current far left narrative without any substantiated evidence. One quote in either chapter 6 or 7 basically claims Putin backed Trump and helped him win the election but we know that this media narrative has never been proven in court despite millions of dollars spent in prosecution of Trump. Entertaining listen but definitely some bias in the content.

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compelling subject

I want to know more! The history of that region is fascinating and Putin is a very compelling subject

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Putin it Up

Nice to have another perspective of Vladimir besides PBS Fontlines view. Putin the World Player!

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Excellent podcast

This was a great podcast, it was informative, interesting and easy to follow. It was easy to get hooked in the fascinating stories.

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quite riveting a read.

Pretty riveting from my limited perspective. I cannot state if there was a bias in this story as I have very little to compared to. I DO feel there is missing something that I cannot put my finger on but it could just be me not appreciating the text.

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  • 10-21-22

Putin nut or genius

Putin and this past 20 years have been fascinating. Although the underdog in regards to his country, he is certainly a force to be reckoned with. The question is will he or won't he oress that nuclear button. Personally I think he will go down in history as the man that killed his own ego and the destruction of his own country si he could keep his credibility.
on one side I think he's a superb master of poker on the other side a maniac out of control.
he's a master of playing a bad hand fantastically.

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  • ADEVINE Property Services
  • 08-04-22

great listen

Very informative and interesting. Gives a great overview of the rise of Vladimir Putin.

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  • Mr Andrew P Peden
  • 05-17-22

Fascinating and also terrifying story!

Given the current state of affairs in May 2022 this is a very relevant and a must listen podcast!

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  • Julia Taylor
  • 05-11-22

Very interesting indeed

I enjoyed this very much and feel more informed about Russia/ Putin now. I would definitely recommend a listen!

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  • Furballs
  • 04-19-22

Get it a listen

Most of the reviews here are by people who are so pro Putin’s and Stalin’s Russia and with the current war in the Ukraine puts a lot of the comments to shame. Give it a listen, interesting information and a quite pleasing narration

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  • Rachel Chismon
  • 04-05-22

The drama of history!

Great telling of Putin and his past. Wow, I had no idea about it all!

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  • Jack Boughey
  • 03-22-22

Terrifying and fascinating in equal measure

This was very well produced. It had the feel of a polished documentary. Really helped me to see the Russian perspective.

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  • D ODELL
  • 03-13-22

Vladimir Putin's first two decades.

A very interesting and informative piece of history. With the present situation in Ukraine becoming the obvious unwritten chapter. It also left me wondering about governments in the west and what the agenda of their leaders might be? I’d love to read similar interpretations of Angela Merkel's, Boris Johnson's and Barak Obama's rise to power.
I recommend it to anyone who is interested in world politics.

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  • 03-08-22

Still relevant in 2022

A factual story of how putin rose to power and his success at staying in power,

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  • Toni L Szwarek
  • 03-04-22

I'm become more interested in this ...

I've had this podcast for a while. I finally am interested in this (wacko) man. I listened to the whole series tonight. Now we need a part 8!

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  • 10-11-22

Insightful

I found this whole series super useful, insightful, and I wanted to keep on listening. Excellent!

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  • Roopa Mulik
  • 03-14-22

Interesting podcast!

In the wake of war in Ukraine, this podcast explains events that led to it.

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  • 03-13-22

excellent background for current issues

very interesting, and scary. I am very interested to read more on this topic























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  • Steve Suranyi
  • 01-29-22

Fashionably biased against VVP

This story cherry picked the worse moments of a long and contraversial career in politics.