{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/6222502981c40a0012bced5d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What Putin wants","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1643120821245-a4935c7074b087ca8c32436d5542945e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What is going through his mind? Where will this end? And would he press that button?</p><p>There's a view of Putin which says these are impossible questions to answer, which paints him as a mysterious, mercurial figure. But today, we take the other view: that for quite some time, the Russian president has told us exactly who he is. If only we'd been listening.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: </em><a href=\"https://thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong>&nbsp;Matthew Campbell, Foreign Features Editor, The Sunday Times.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong>&nbsp;David Aaronovitch.</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>ABC News, Channel 4 News, BBC News, CBS, Euronews, AP, CBC, ITV News.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}