The Kremlin’s treasury runneth-over with oil revenues, Moscow’s military is being treated to a lesson in the latest US warfare in real time, and the world’s eyes are averted from Ukraine.
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Trump’s war with Iran has been a boon for President Putin. And yet rumours of paranoia, deserting elites, and strange defections abound.
To decipher what exactly is going on in Moscow, Patrick and Tom are joined by Russia-watcher extraordinaire, Mark Galeotti.
00:00 – The Fracturing Russian Elite
03:30 – Predicting Putin’s 2022 Invasion
05:50 – The Case of Ilya Remeslo
09:25 – How Sycophants Mislead Putin
11:15 – Growing Paranoia in Moscow
14:10 – The Threat of a Silent Military
17:40 – High-Tech vs. Traditional Warfare
22:30 – Putin’s Strategy for Trump
Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn
Guest: Mark Galeotti
Producer: Shabnam Grewal
Executive producer: Fiona Leach
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Listen here to Mark’s podcast, In Moscow’s Shadows
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