Putin’s Empire, the West’s Game: Revisiting Bill Browder’s Insight on Russia

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

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4.6 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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As the war in Ukraine drags on, how do we untangle the web of money, power, and manipulation at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s regime? In this Christmas special, we revisit one of our most revealing episodes with financier and political activist Bill Browder, recorded in May 2022.From the origins of Putin’s rise to power to the oligarchs’ uneasy pact and the enduring corruption within Russia, Browder offers an insider’s perspective on the forces driving this geopolitical chess game. With haunting parallels to today’s events, we explore the enduring dynamics of Russia’s kleptocracy, the Western response to the war in Ukraine, and the grim calculus of prolonging conflict to pursue regime change. What’s the West’s real endgame? Can sanctions and military aid shift the balance, or are we destined for years of grinding stalemate? And what does it say about global power when wars are dictated not just by ideology, but by who controls the money?

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1:21.5	Now, as you may know, today's we have published over 500 episodes,
1:26.1	which is pretty damn good, actually. But that prompted us to
1:29.3	have a look back at some of our favourite episodes and maybe give you a chance to have another
1:33.5	listen to them. One that stuck out for me was an interview we did way back in May 22
1:39.4	with Bill Browder. In case you don't know, Bill Browder is an American-born British financier
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