PREVIEW - The Friday Edition Part 1: Russian expert Richard Sakwa and the future of the Ukraine war
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In late September, Senior Editor Will Kaback spoke with two experts on Russia, Ukraine, and the war.
First was Richard Sakwa, a professor emeritus of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury and an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Sakwa has studied and written extensively on Russia and Vladimir Putin, including in his book Frontline Ukraine about the origins of the current war. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview series.
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