Understanding Vladimir Putin's Russia

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🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In a lively discussion about who Vladimir Putin is and the danger he poses to the world, Steve is joined by Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker. The two, who are married, offer insights to their book, Kremlin Rising, which they co-authored during their four year stay in Russia. The trio discuss Putin's rise to power, his current rhetoric, as well as how the Republican Party and Trump have grown increasingly close to him. Show Notes: -Kremlin Rising by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser -Susan's Frontline interview -Polling on Putin's growing popularity in the Republican Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast. I'm Steve Hayes,
0:03.2	joined today by Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, a husband and wife team who
0:09.3	have written two books together, including Kremlin Rising, a book about the earlier years of
0:16.5	Vladimir Putin in Russia. Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for the New York Times
0:24.8	where he has covered five presidents. He previously wrote about Donald Trump, Barack Obama for
0:31.2	the New York Times, and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush for the Washington Post. Peter has written
0:36.9	several books he covered the War on Terror from Afghanistan and has been a mainstay,
0:44.0	one of the leading journalists in America for the past two plus decades. Susan is a
0:50.7	staff writer at the New Yorker where she has a weekly column on life in Washington. She too has a
0:56.7	distinguished career as a journalist covering politics and policy as the top editor of several
1:02.8	different Washington publications, including Politico Magazine, which she founded, editor-in-chief of
1:08.4	Foreign Policy Magazine, and before that spent a decade at the Washington Post. We're happy to have
1:15.0	them both join us today for a conversation about Vladimir Putin, his rise in Russia, American politics,
1:22.1	American presidents handling Vladimir Putin, and what Vladimir Putin and Russia are up to today.
1:34.4	Peter and Susan, welcome. Thanks for joining the dispatch podcast.
1:45.4	Thanks for having us. I want to go way back, not way way back, but back to your time in Russia.
1:53.3	You wrote a book while you were there. This is now 20 plus years ago. The book is called
1:59.2	Kremlin Rising, Vladimir Putin's Russia. Folks on the dispatch podcast have heard me talk about it
2:05.1	before. I have encouraged people to buy it. I will encourage people to buy it again. I think it's
2:09.9	highly relevant to what we are seeing unfolding, and it details the rebirth of Russia under Vladimir
2:17.5	Putin. Putin grew up in St. Petersburg after World War II. What kind of childhood did Putin have? Peter,
2:27.1	I'll start with you. He had a typical Soviet childhood in the sense that he lived in a communal
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