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Jan 2023
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Why Putin must lose to save Russia, with...

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Why Putin must lose to save Russia, with Andrius Kubilius 

 

As Western leaders debate what further military support they can offer Ukraine, Ido Vock speaks to the former Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius.


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. 

 

Read more:

 

The Putin backlash

Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war

Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”



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