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The Big Steal tells the story of Vladimir Putin and his violent assault on human dignity, rule of law, democracy and truth – in Russia, its neighbours and across the West. A former KGB offic...
In the early hours of 24 February 2022, Russia launched a brutal invasion of its neighbour, Ukraine. True to his yearslong strategy of lies...
With tensions continuing to grow between Russia, Ukraine, the EU and NATO, is President Putin's endgame finally coming into view? A massive...
The Kremlin's lies can be seen almost everywhere across the globe and show no signs of abating. In fact world leaders are even adopting Puti...
In this episode Gavin Esler explores the theft of democracy itself in Russia. President Putin holds elections regularly, but for what reason...
The Big Steal returns with a new series exploring Russia's continuing journey towards an autocratic kleptocracy. Whilst the world has been g...
Gavin Esler brings us news of the upcoming Series 2 of The Big Steal. A new 3-part series coming later this month. Plus - a sample of 'Takin...
Gavin Esler talks to experts on Russia and its complicated political and economic landscape, to attempt to pull all the threads together and...
What comes next? There are clear indications that Putin was behind meddling in the US election of 2016, and convincing arguments to suggest...
A world of misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods, propaganda - the normalisation of lies. This episode focuses on the weapons used by t...
To understand Russia's journey from Communism to kleptocracy in a generation, the best approach is to follow the money. At the heart of the...
In December 2013, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is pardoned by Putin for humanitarian reasons: his mother is sick. But whilst Khodorkovsky is release...
Eight months after his arrest Mikhail Khodorkovsky is put on trial in a Moscow courtroom. It's a show trial: Khodorkovsky is put in a cage;...
By 2003 Yukos was a success story, but Putin's premiership was not going so well. He'd failed to deal competently with the Kursk submarine d...
The Cold War is over and 70 years of Communist rule is flushed away. In Soviet Russia, capitalists risked being shot, but with Communism gon...
In post-Soviet Russia, two men are rising through the ranks, but they are following different trajectories. One is a businessman: Mikhail Kh...