{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/62ecc776e3ba3b00135ce090?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"BONUS: Putin can still be toppled, with Leonid Volkov","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Leonid Volkov, chief of staff for the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, speaks to Europe correspondent Ido Vock about how the war in Ukraine could end Vladimir Putin's regime.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They discuss Navalny’s treatment in Russian prison, the miscalculations that Putin made in starting the invasion, and why giving into Russian energy blackmail would make a Ukrainian victory more difficult.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Further reading:</p><p>How Vladimir Putin&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2022/07/how-vladimir-putin-views-world\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">views the world</a>&nbsp;</p><p>The conflict in Ukraine is reaching a&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/kherson-ukraine-war-critical-moment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">critical moment</a></p><p>Russia counterattacks in its&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2022/07/russia-winter-gas-europe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economic war</a>&nbsp;with the West</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/russia-is-bluffing-about-its-success-in-the-war-but-so-is-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russia is bluffing</a>&nbsp;about its success in the war – but so is Ukraine</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}