{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/649eb203fdf622001153e086?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Russia's new Time of Troubles – with Vladislav Zubok","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Following Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny in Russia, the&nbsp;<em>New Statesman</em>'s China and Global Affairs Editor Katie&nbsp;Stallard&nbsp;speaks to the historian Vladislav Zubok about what the failed rebellion means for the future of Vladimir Putin's regime. Zubok is professor of international history at the London School of Economics and the author of multiple books including&nbsp;<em>Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union</em>. They discuss <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2023/06/mutiny-mercenaries-vladimir-putin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">why Prigozhin decided to act </a>when he did, what the crisis reveals about the <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2023/06/the-paralysis-of-power\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">stability of Putin's political system</a>, and whether Russia is headed for a new <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2023/06/russias-tipping-point\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Time of Troubles</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;the period of conflict and civil upheaval in the early 17th&nbsp;century that brought down the ruling Rurik dynasty.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}