The descent into madness under Putin
When The Times foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts moved to Russia in 1997, there was hope for a new future for the country. But over the next 25 years, he witnessed the rise of Vladimir Putin and the erosion of civil liberties. In his new book, The Descent: Witnessing Russia’s Spiral into Madness …
Massive ‘volcanic’ refinery blaze erupts again ‘only hours’ after being put out & witnessing Russia's 'spiral into madness' under Putin
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Today, as President Zelensky warns of increased Russian military activity in neighbouring Belarus, we discuss weekend Ukrainian air raids targeting oil refineries around Moscow. We then examine a shock election result that has brought another pro-Russia leader to power within both the EU…
Marc Bennetts - The Descent: Witnessing Russia's Spiral Into Madness Under Putin
Marc Bennetts, a correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times, was forced to leave Russia in 2022, after living in the country for 25 years. His new book The Descent is a visceral memoir of his journalistic experiences and the cruel consequences of Kremlin propaganda
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Trump's Regime Change Plan for Cuba
Eliot and Eric discuss the current state of the Iran negotiations, the apparent US-Israeli plan to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a Delcy Rodríguez-type figure early in the war, and Reuters' report on the ongoing hollowing out of U.S. diplomacy. They assess Trump's apparent designs in Cuba, notin…
Corruption, war and chaos — Putin and the descent of Russia
Under the boot of dictator Vladimir Putin, Russia has declined into a second-rate nation with nukes and a bleak future according to Marc Bennetts, author of "The Descent: Witnessing Russia's Spiral into Madness Under Putin."
Russia’s Descent Into Madness: Slowly, Then All at Once
Putin didn’t seize a democracy — he hollowed one out. Twenty-five years inside Russia’s slow spiral, and what it tells us about our own moment.
My guest on this recent WhoWhatWhy podcast, Marc Bennetts, arrived in Moscow in January1997, before most of the world had ever heard of Vladimir Putin. He …
Free Thinking - Ukraine and Russia
Anne McElvoy on unrest in Ukraine and the state of dissent in Russia today with Boris Akunin, Masha Gessen, Marc Bennetts, Anna Shevchenko and Edward Lucas.
Q&A: Harry and Meghan return, underground data centres and peace for Ukraine?
Does the king get to decide where his grandkids go to school? Could we build data centres underground? And why was the CIA chief in Moscow this week? You asked, so we answered, in this edition of our monthly Q&A series.
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Is Russia covering up a plague outbreak?
In Siberia last week, a Russian researcher working at an institute specialising in dangerous infectious diseases is believed to have died of unexplained pneumonia. Local media suggested it was pneumonic plague; the Kremlin continues to obfuscate. So what’s really happening? With its history of cove…
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