The Russian Millionaire Driving Medicine to Ukraine
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Once the richest man in Russia under 35, mobile phone tycoon Evgeny Chichvarkin explains why he needed to sell his company and escape Putin’s Russia in 2008. Settled in London, he’s now personally delivering aid to Ukraine.
Organised crime expert Misha Glenny and the BBC Russian Service’s Anastasia Stognei explore the deep connections between Russia’s president, its wealthiest oligarchs, and the Western countries which readily accepted their money.
Plus, treason in the Ukraine camp? Why has President Zelensky suspended Ukraine’s security chief and his top prosecutor?
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Arsenii Sokolov, Ivana Davidovic and planning producer Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's 145 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And in our last episode, we told you about four-year-old |
| 0:14.0 | Liza Dimitriova. |
| 0:16.2 | She was one of 24 people killed when Russian missiles hit |
| 0:20.6 | the city of Vinota last week. |
| 0:24.3 | Yesterday, dozens of Liza's relatives |
| 0:27.2 | and people who lived nearby, neighbors, |
| 0:29.8 | people from the community went to her funeral. |
| 0:46.3 | And a number of pictures have been released, |
| 0:49.8 | actually, really, really upsetting, |
| 0:52.2 | showing Liza in an open casket |
| 0:56.0 | with various relatives kneeling down |
| 0:59.2 | with their arms over her. |
| 1:01.3 | And there are cuddly toys in the casket. |
| 1:04.2 | What really strikes me is how tiny, |
| 1:07.8 | Liza is, in fact, most of the coffin is filled with those. |
| 1:12.1 | Cuddly toys and there's a man embracing Liza |
| 1:17.4 | and women weeping, standing next to the coffin. |
| 1:21.8 | Russia says the missiles targeted a meeting |
| 1:26.4 | of Ukrainian military officials |
| 1:29.2 | with Western arms suppliers |
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