{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c/67e4116a1d0429552e9f0012?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The making of Vladimir Putin","description":"<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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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>","author_name":"Financial Times"}