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Jun 2023
28m 54s

15. Tanks Riding Towards Moscow

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Vladimir Putin survived the short lived revolt that saw thousands of mercenaries march towards Moscow, but at what cost?

Jonny Dymond is joined by:

Polina Ivanova: foreign correspondent for the Financial Times, covering Russia and Ukraine. Owen Matthews: journalist, historian and author of “Overreach” Andrei Soldatov: investigative journalist and author of ‘The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB’

Production coordinator: Sophie Hill Sound engineer: Neil Churchill Researcher: Isobel Gough Producer: Lucy Burns Exec producer: Joe Kent Editor: Emma Rippon

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