Putin's People with Catherine Belton and Edward Lucas

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🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs. Through exclusive interviews with key inside players, Belton tells how Putin’s people conducted their relentless seizure of private companies, took over the economy, siphoned billions, blurred the lines between organised crime and political powers, shut down opponents, and then used their riches and power to extend influence in the West. She spoke to Edward Lucas, columnist at The Times and a security expert on Russia and Europe. To buy Catherine Belton's book 'Putin's People' click here: https://amzn.to/2BLqMco. ------------------------------ Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month. Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith. For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.6	link in our podcast description. And this week we were delighted to be joined by Catherine Belton,
0:55.0	author of the new book, Putin's People,
0:57.0	How the KGB took back Russia and took on the West.
1:00.0	And she had a fascinated conversation with Edward Lucas, columnist at the Times and a security expert on Europe and Russia.
1:07.0	We hope you enjoy.
1:08.0	Hello, I'm Edward Lucas and I've spent most of my life dealing with the region that we used to call Eastern Europe.
1:15.7	And that included four years in Moscow as the economist's correspondent there, when I briefly
1:21.5	overlapped with Catherine Belton, who is our guest today.
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