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Intelligence Squared · 2025-12-15 · 33 min · 4,695 words

Putin, The Soviet Union and The Rise of Russian Imperialism, with Mikhail Zygar (Part Two)

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Start din gratis prøveperiode på Shopify.com. Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. For this episode, we're rejoining for part two of our recent live event with dissident Russian journalist Mikhail Ziegar. Zegar joined us recently at the Kiln Theatre in London to discuss the fall of the Soviet Union and the roots of Russia's democratic failure today.

He was in conversation with Clarissa Ward, Chief International Correspondent for CNN. Now, if you haven't heard part one, we recommend jumping back an episode to get up to speed. Let's rejoin the conversation now live at the Kiln Theatre. You know, you talk about these sort of autobiographical interludes that you have at the beginning of every chapter, which I loved, and there's a great one where you talk about the collapse of communism and you had been a young pioneer, which I guess all school children of uh yeah, Boy Scout, exactly.

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