{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/658301371b4a0600176a3f87?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vladimir Putin's Russia: Past, present & future","description":"<p><strong>Day 632.&nbsp;</strong>During the&nbsp;<em>Ukraine: the latest</em>&nbsp;team's recent trip to the United States, David Knowles sat down with Dr Leon Aron, writer, historian and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. </p><p>Dr Aron was born in Moscow, and came to the US from the former Soviet Union as a child as a refugee in 1978. In this interview we hear about his research into the cultural development of modern Russia, and look at the transformation of Russian politics and society under Vladimir Putin. </p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>David Knowles (Host).&nbsp;<em>@djknowles22 on Twitter.</em></p><p>Dr Leon Aron (Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute). <em>@AronRTTT on Twitter.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Riding the Tiger:</strong> Vladimir Putin's Russia and the Uses of War, by Leon Aron: <a href=\"https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/riding-the-tiger/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/riding-the-tiger/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more:</strong></p><p>Subscribe to The Telegraph:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}