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EU Confidential

Episode 7: Anders Fogh Rasmussen — Russia, Ukraine and the US — Greece's scapegoat statistician

EU Confidential

POLITICO

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.4175 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Ryan Heath sits down with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO secretary-general and now adviser to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Rasmussen talks defense spending, Trump and how to handle Russia. And he reveals why we should spend our summer holiday in Denmark.David Herszenhorn, POLITICO's chief Brussels correspondent, brings us up to date with events in Ukraine and Russia.In our "EU WTF" section, our Brussels brains trust, Lina Aburous and Ailbhe Finn, discuss the case of Andreas Georgiou, the Greek statistician who has been convicted for telling the truth about the state of the Greek economy.And in our Dear Politico section, we hear from an NGO worker who says their organization is misusing EU funds and wants to know what to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey there, welcome back to another episode of EU Confidential. I'm Ryan Heath, the author of the

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