Kan FSB-agenten Krasikov bli Gershkovichs nyckel till frihet?

Kan FSB-agenten Krasikov bli Gershkovichs nyckel till frihet?

BERLIN. I tyskt fängelse sitter en morddömd FSB-agent som den ryske presidenten Vladimir Putin gärna vill se på fri fot. Kan han bli nyckeln till frihet för den amerikanske journalisten Evan Gershkovich, som nyligen dömdes till 16 års fängelse i Ryssland?

Veckan efter Trumps triumf

Veckan efter Trumps triumf

▸ Det har gått en vecka sen Donald Trump och Republikanerna vann i rysarvalet i USA. Medan Demokraterna och Kamala Harris slickar sina sår så har Donald Trump satt igång att jobba med vad han vill göra de kommande fyra åren i Vita huset. Bland annat ska han ha ringt till Vladimir Putin och bett honom att inte eskalera kriget i Ukraina - men det är uppgifter som Kreml förnekar. Hur har valresultatet landat? Har Trump ljugit om samtalet med Putin och vad kommer han göra fram till installationen i januari? Gäst: Emelie Svensson, Aftonbladets reporter i New York. Programledare och producent: Jenny Ågren. Klipp från: CNN, BBC News, Fox 13 Seattle. Kontakt: podcast@aftonbladet.se.

Nya uppgifterna om Hvaldimir – väcker fler frågor om "spionvalen"

Nya uppgifterna om Hvaldimir – väcker fler frågor om "spionvalen"

Vitvalen Hvaldimir – vars namn är ett hopkok av det norska ordet för val och Rysslands president Vladimir Putins förnamn – blev känd för första gången 2019 när den siktades utanför Norges kust. Fiskare upptäckte att valen hade en slags sele på sig med plats för en kamera, och när det framkom att selen var tillverkad i Sankt Petersburg pekades valen ut som en rysk ”spionval”. En benämning som kan ha varit felaktig, enligt en ny BBC-dokumentär. Tränades att vakta Jennifer Shaw är regissör för dokumentären ”Secrets of the Spy Whale”, där det framgår att Hvaldimir snarare tränades upp till att bli en slags ”vaktval”. Delfiner kan tränas till att upptäcka och larma för dykare och ska ha använts av Sovjetunionens flotta i Svarta havet i just det syftet, men har bytts ut mot valar då de tål lägre vattentemperaturer. – Det öppnar för frågan vad Ryssland vill skydda i Arktis – och varför, säger Jennifer Shaw, som regisserat dokumentären, till The Guardian. Kan ha använts för att skydda u-båtar Arktis fick ökad strategisk betydelse under kalla kriget, och Jennifer Shaw tror att valar började användas under den tiden för att skydda vapenbestyckade u-båtar i Rysslands norra flotta. Något som backas upp av den tidigare sovjetiske delfintränaren och befälhavaren Volodymyr Belousiuk, som var posterad i Murmansk vid den tiden och som uppger att man började intressera sig för valar ungefär då. Hvaldimir hittades död utanför södra Norges kust i september. Djurrättsorganisationer hävdade att han hade blivit skjuten, men efter en obduktion framkom det att han hade fått en stor pinne i munnen och kvävts till döds.

Ryska skräcksiffrorna från Ukraina: 1500 döda och skadade – varje dag

Ryska skräcksiffrorna från Ukraina: 1500 döda och skadade – varje dag

Ryssland lider rekordstora förluster på fältet. BBC rapporterar att landet har haft sin värsta månad hittills sedan de inledde den fullskaliga invasionen av Ukraina. Under oktober har i genomsnitt 1 500 dött eller skadats varje dag. Detta gör att Rysslands förluster är nästan uppe i 700 000 sedan februari 2022. Den totala siffran räknar med stupade, skadade och försvunna. Den brittiske försvarschefen och amiralen Tony Radakin säger till BBC att det ryska folket betalar ett ”extraordinärt pris” för Vladimir Putins invasion. – Ryssland är på väg att drabbas av 700 000 dödade eller skadade människor. Det är en enorm smärta och lidande som den ryska nationen måste bära på grund av Putins ambitioner, säger han. Så mycket lägger Ryssland på försvaret Han menar att de stora förlusterna bara gav små markvinningar. – Det råder ingen tvekan om att Ryssland gör taktiska, territoriella, vinster och det sätter press på Ukraina, säger han.

Tony Radakin tillägger att Ryssland lägger mer än 40 procent av sina offentliga utgifter på försvar och säkerhet, vilket är en enorm belastning för landet, menar han. ”Det är budskapet till Putin” Medan allierade till USA:s blivande president Donald Trump insisterar på att Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj kan bli tvungen att avstå från vissa territorium för att få ett slut på kriget så insisterar Tony Radakin på att väst måste vara beslutsamma i sitt stöd så länge det krävs.

– Det är budskapet som president Putin måste ta till sig och det är den försäkran president Zelenskyj ska få, säger han.

Donald Trump har konsekvent sagt att hans prioritet är att avsluta kriget och stoppa militärt och ekonomiskt stöd till Ukraina då det ”dränerar amerikanska resurser”. Han har dock inte sagt konkret hur han tänker få slut på kriget, men han har lovat att det ska ta slut inom 24 timmar efter att han tillträtt som president.

Vladimir Putin på YouTube

'Russia does not see Western civilisation as an enemy,' says Vladimir Putin

Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke about foreign policy in Krasnya Polyana, Sochi, where he said his country "does not see ...

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Vladimir Putin Praises Donald Trump After Election Win | 10 News First

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump for his courage while congratulating him on his election victory.

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Donald Trump ‘acted like a man’, says Putin

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US election, praised him for showing courage when a ...

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Vladimir Putin praises Donald Trump, says Russia is ready for dialogue | REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US election, praised him for showing courage ...

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Putin hails ‘new world order’ after Trump reelection

CNN's Fred Pleitgen breaks down the long relationship between President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir ...

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Vladimir Putin's war against Russia: interview with Evgenia Kara-Murza

Day 649.Today, we bring you the latest military, diplomatic and political updates from Ukraine and across the world and we sit down with Evgenia Kara Murza. Evgenia is a Russian human rights activist and wife of political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian and British political activist who has been imprisoned since April 2022 for protesting the war on Ukraine. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. We spoke to Evgenia about her husband’s campaigning, his arrest, detention, and the brutal realities of Vladimir Putin’s regime.Contributors:David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.Evgenia Kara-Murza (Russian human rights activist). @ekaramurza on Twitter. Evgenia is the wife of political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian-British opposition leader, who has been imprisoned since April 2022. In April 2023 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Many of our listeners have raised concerns over the potential sale of Telegraph Media Group to the Abu Dhabi-linked Redbird IMI. We are inviting the submission of comments on the process. Email salecomments@telegraph.co.uk or dtletters@telegraph.co.uk to have your say.Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.ukSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1. The Moth

From street thug to spy – what the Russian president did before he came to power. To understand what Vladimir Putin might do in the future, you need to understand his past; where he’s come from, what he’s lived through, what he’s done. Jonny Dymond hears tales of secret agents, gangsters and the time a young Putin faced off a rat. He’s joined by:Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York and the great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Tim Whewell, who watched the rise of the man who’s changing the world as Moscow correspondent for the BBC in the 1990s Dr Mark Galeotti, author of "We need to talk about Putin" and an expert in global crime and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan ReedSound engineer: James Beard Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Vladimir Putin's Russia: Past, present & future

Day 632. During the Ukraine: the latest team's recent trip to the United States, David Knowles sat down with Dr Leon Aron, writer, historian and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr Aron was born in Moscow, and came to the US from the former Soviet Union as a child as a refugee in 1978. In this interview we hear about his research into the cultural development of modern Russia, and look at the transformation of Russian politics and society under Vladimir Putin. Contributors:David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.Dr Leon Aron (Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute). @AronRTTT on Twitter.Riding the Tiger: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the Uses of War, by Leon Aron: https://www.aei.org/research-products/book/riding-the-tiger/Find out more:Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.ukSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vladimir Putin (Part 2)

In the second episode on the life of Vladimir Putin, I analyze his communication strategy, his vast wealth and why it doesn't matter, and the possibility that Putin orchestrated multiple false flag terrorist attacks within Russia. Once again my main sources for this episode are "The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin" by Steven Lee Myers and "The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin" by Masha Gessen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

119. Starmer's most controversial move yet, the truth behind Vladimir Putin, and the Good Friday Agreement

Has Keir Starmer lost Labour the moral high ground after his attack on Rishi Sunak? What is Vladimir Putin really like behind closed doors? Will peace and power-sharing return to Northern Ireland, 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement? Tune in to hear Alastair and Rory answer all this and more on today's episode of The Rest Is Politics. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2. Out of the shadows

Operation successor: the story behind the Russian president's mysterious rise to power. From bag carrier to the most powerful man in Russia. In just a few years Vladimir Putin went from working for the mayor of St Petersburg to being prime minister, then president. To make sense of how he did it, Jonny Dymond is joined by:Misha Glenny, former BBC correspondent and author of ‘McMafia’ Natalia Gevorkyan, co-writer of the first authorised biography of Vladimir Putin published in 2000, and of “The Prisoner of Putin” with Mikhail Khodorkovsky Oliver Bullough, writer, journalist. former Moscow correspondent for Reuters and author of “Butler to the world”Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan ReedSound engineer: James Beard Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Vladimir Putin (Part 1)

Vladimir Putin: Modern day czar, KGB man, billionaire, reformer, murderer. In part 1, we examine his rise to power. Tune in next Thursday for part 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4. The Shallow Roots of Democracy

Cementing power in Russia, a revolution in Ukraine and a challenge to the US - Jonny Dymond examines Vladimir Putin’s second term as president. To help him make sense of how this tumultuous period from 2004 to 2008 began a path towards events we are witnessing today, he’s joined by: Steven Lee Myers, former Moscow bureau chief for the New York Times and author of ‘The New Tsar; The rise and reign of Vladamir Putin’ Natalia Antelava, former BBC correspondent and co-founder and editor of Coda Story Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia and Eastern Europe editor for the Economist and author of ‘The Invention of Russia From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War’Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: James Beard Producers: Sandra Kanthal, Caroline Bayley, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

How Vladimir Putin changed everyday life in Russia

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin says he’s going to stand for the top job again in March. He’s been in charge of the country in some way or another for almost 25 years. The BBC’s Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg takes us through his rise to power and how the country has dramatically changed under his rule. Plus Alex from the What in the World team brings us five surprising facts about the man himself. Here’s one to get you started… he might be the richest man on earth.Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: William Lee Adams Producer: Alex Rhodes Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

8. The Splinter

Master strategist or opportunistic gambler? Vladimir Putin styles himself as a judo master – an expert in spotting weakness in his opponents and then exploiting it. To figure out what we can learn from his attempts to call time on liberal democracy and Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, Jonny Dymond is joined by:Henry Foy, European diplomatic correspondent for the Financial Times and a former Moscow bureau chief Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at the New School in New York Misha Glenny, author of ‘McMafia’ and rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in ViennaProduction coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Vladimir Putin Part 1 (Updated)

Vladimir Putin: Modern day czar, KGB man, billionaire, reformer, autocrat. In part 1, we examine his rise to power. This is an updated version with a new introduction and a few minor additions. Thank you to our sponsor, CopyThat. Take your writing to the next level. Go to TryCopyThat.com and use code TakeOver for $20 off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5. An Indispensable Tsar

Bare-chested photo ops and the invasion of Georgia - what Vladimir Putin did as prime minister. Then, he returns to the presidency vowing to save Russia from the west.To make sense of his carefully crafted image and how his attitudes to both Ukraine and the West have defined his rule, Jonny Dymond is joined by: Catherine Belton, author of ‘Putin’s People: How the KGB took back Russia and took on the West' Andrei Soldatov, a Russian investigative journalist and author of ‘The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB’Mark Galeotti, University College London lecturer and director of Mayak Intelligence. Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: James Beard Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Chapter 1: The Ghosts

The Soviet Union suffers unthinkable horrors during World War II. Leningrad, the city into which Vladimir Putin is born, loses more than a million of its citizens to starvation, and Vladimir Putin’s parents barely make it out alive. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6. The Believer

Playing cat and mouse games with the world and using so-called little green men for masked warfare – what Russia's annexation of part of Ukraine in 2014 tells us about Vladimir Putin.“Like tsars through the centuries, Putin sees himself as the rightful heir and the guardian of one true Christian faith,” says Lucy Ash, who has seen first-hand how the Russian leader has used religion to justify war and bolster his image. To make sense of the man everyone is trying to figure out, Jonny Dymond is joined by:Lucy Ash, BBC reporter and author of the upcoming book “The Baton and the Cross” about the Russian Orthodox Church under Putin Steven Lee Myers, New York Times correspondent and former Moscow bureau chief Dr Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, professor of Russian politics at Kings College London and author of “Red Mirror: Putin's Leadership and Russia's Insecure IdentityProduction coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan ReedSound engineer: Rod Farquhar Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Chapter 5: All the World’s a Dvor

To predict what Vladimir Putin might do next in Ukraine, it’s helpful to remember his first and foremost education — in the dvor.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14. 12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?

Ukrainecast comes together with Putin, the BBC Sounds and Radio 4 podcast which examines the life, times, motives and modus operandi of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Returning to the show are three lifelong Kremlin-watchers to cast ahead and speculate on just how this war might develop. Professor Nina Khrushcheva is an historian at The New School in New York and the great grand-daughter of Nikita Khrushchev, Sir Laurie Bristow was the UK’s Amabassador to Moscow from 2016-2020, and Vitaly Shevchenko is the head of the Russia section for BBC Monitoring. Today’s episode was presented by Jonny Dymond as part of a series of episodes marking the one-year anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. The producers were Fiona Leach and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480

Chapter 4: The Big Brother

Organized crime and violence reign supreme in post-Soviet Russia. In this world, the rules of the dvor prove invaluable — for the men fighting over the jewels of the Soviet industrial empire, and for Vladimir Putin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11. To the Brink

In late 2021, Vladimir Putin emerges from his Covid-19 bunker with an even smaller inner circle, increasingly outlandish demands of NATO and the west, and an immense military build-up on the border of Ukraine. How did seclusion change his mindset? And how did the west misunderstand him so badly?To understand the Russian President and interpret his words and actions in those crucial weeks before the invasion, Jonny Dymond is joined by:Andrei Soldatov - Investigative journalist, specialist in Russia’s intelligence services, and author of ‘The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin’ Sarah Rainsford - BBC Eastern Europe Correspondent and former Moscow Correspondent Sir Laurie Bristow - Former British diplomat and UK Ambassador to Russia, 2016-2020. Production coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Producer: Nathan Gower Researcher: Octavia Woodward Series Editor: Simon Watts

9. The Emperor's Palace

President Putin tries to crush the leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny as Russians take to the streets in protest over pensions and local elections. And there are revelations about expensive watches and a secret and very opulent palace.To understand how Vladimir Putin rules Russia Jonny Dymond is joined by:Catherine Belton, author of ‘Putin’s People: How the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West'Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po and co-author of 'Spin Dictators' Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russia Editor, BBC Monitoring Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent Series Editor: Emma Rippon Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

Transcendance #9 - Achilles heel of Vladimir Putin | William Browder | TEDxBerlin (2018)

(source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT254smRufA ) How I figured out the Achilles heel of Vladimir Putin | William Browder | TEDxBerlin William Browder is an American-born investor and former hedge fund manager who is known for being an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the 1990s, Browder established an investment fund in Russia called the Hermitage Fund, which became successful by investing in the newly privatized companies in the country. However, he later discovered that many of these companies were corrupt and being robbed by their majority shareholders, who were Russian oligarchs. In response, Browder began researching and exposing the corruption and sharing the information with the international media. As a result of his efforts, he has become a prominent critic of Putin and has been targeted by the Russian government in various ways, including being blacklisted and having a warrant issued for his arrest. by TEDx Talks Youtube channel