Putin sends anti-corruption Russian officials on ‘suicide missions’ | Mi6's former director of operations
“When people raise objections to this, within the military, they are sent on what is in effect a suicide mission.”Putin’s officers are engaged in “massive corruption”, diverting resources to the Russian army, but anyone who speaks out is eliminated, says former director of operations and intelligence for the British Secret Intelligence Service Nigel Inkster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Putin’s regime under threat after 'piling pressures' from Ukraine oil refinery attacks | Orysia Lutsevych
“The fact that Russian economy relies of rent payments and internal corruption that comes form oil and gas industries will have an impact on the system.”Pressures are piling up on Putin after Ukraine’s large scale attack hits 22 out of 38 large oil refineries, explains Chatham Houses’ Orysia Lutsevych. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Putin’s Russia may have to live like North Korea as Ukraine can implode its economy | Maj Gen Chip Chapman
“Russia is no more than a gas station with nukes masquerading as a country. If you get rid of the gas station part…there is a potential way of imploding the Russian economy.”Russia may have to “live like North Korea for five years” as Europe and America turn their full attention to helping Ukraine, says Major General Chip Chapman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Putin's 'unpredictable' nuclear powered missile fails to deter Trump and Ukraine
"Not to completely gainsay that this thing has any utility, but it feels to some a little bit like a vanity project."Putin's nuclear powered missile test has done little to deter Ukraine's allies as questions remain about why Russia would want to launch a missile with a nuclear reactor on board, says Matthew Savill on Frontline for Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Swearing' Trump yells at Zelensky but leaves Putin with little to offer in Budapest
Putin has managed to "spin" Trump in the short term but risks a significant fall out at Budapest as the Kremlin refuses to concede to Trump's demand for a halt to the war, says Prof. Scott Lucas on Frontline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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