{"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-eb815c343eb9/63cab405bd28620011350704?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Putin must lose to save Russia, with Andrius Kubilius ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Why Putin must lose to save Russia, with Andrius Kubilius&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As Western leaders debate what further military support they can offer Ukraine, Ido Vock speaks to the former Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius.</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss his experience growing up in the Soviet Union, how to plan for a Russia after Vladimir Putin, and how the war in Ukraine could weaken the Russian regime.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2023/01/putin-russia-backlash-war-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Putin backlash</a></p><p>Letter from Ukraine: new year,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2023/01/letter-from-ukraine-new-year-same-war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">same war</a></p><p>Jens Stoltenberg: “We will&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/the-international-interview/2022/11/jens-stoltenberg-interview-support-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">support Ukraine</a>&nbsp;for as long as it takes”</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}