About this episode

Brian Whitmore speaks with Mikhail Zygar about Russia's role in the emerging world order and his insights from his bestselling books.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Mikhail Zygar, author of the bestselling books All The Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin, War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, and the recently published The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia's Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Whitmore

Guest: Mikhail Zygar

Topics covered

• Russia
• World Order
• Putin
• Ukraine
• Totalitarianism

Keywords

• Russia
• Mikhail Zygar
• Putin
• Ukraine
• Totalitarianism
• World Order
• Podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All The Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin, War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia's Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism

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