About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of Russia's power and the implications of its military struggles and propaganda efforts.

Russia has crossed the threshold of losing more soldiers than it's able to mobilise . Some troops are paying their commanders to get a spot at the back of the Russian forces. Others are deserting entirely . And when soldiers do return home, they often bring the violence with them . President Putin controls a powerful pro-war narrative , which helped rationalise this war of choice to his people. But are the effects of this propaganda beginning to wane? And after a harsh winter, what has changed within Ukraine? As Russia fails to bring this war to a close, and the world moves to phase out fossil fuels, Russia's main export , how much longer can Russia hold on to the pretence of global superpower status? Guest: Peter Pomerantsev -- Kiev-born writer; political analyst; senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University; co-director of the Arena Initiative; co-founder of The Reckoning Project ; author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This Is Not Propaganda . Geraldine's further reading recommendations: The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin's Ideology Took the Nation Hostage , by Andrei Kolesnikov. Inside the belly of the beast , by Noonie…

People in this episode

Hosts: Geraldine Doogue, Hamish Macdonald

Guest: Peter Pomerantsev

Topics covered

• Russia
• war
• military
• propaganda
• Ukraine
• politics

Keywords

• Russia
• Ukraine
• war
• Putin
• propaganda
• military
• politics
• Pomerantsev

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SNF Agora Institute, The Reckoning Project

Books & works: Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, This Is Not Propaganda, The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin's Ideology Took the Nation Hostage, Inside the belly of the beast, Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire

Places: Ukraine, Russia

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