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Ep. 1: Rise of the Oligarch

By: Misha Glenny
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The seeds of Putin's rise to power lie in a slightly unusual place: 1990s Moscow where, after 70 years of communism, "gangster capitalism" arrived.

Here we tell the story of how a young graduate student at The Institute of Controlled Sciences became one of the richest men in Russia and the Kremlin's Power Broke - Boris Berezovsky.

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I was concerned about how this series would go. Politics, talking heads, blah blah blah. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. I listened to all 7 episodes today. Very human, you can picture what is happening s the story is told. Really helped me get my head around the man.

Outstanding series, concise and draws you in.

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I recommend this to anyone whom has an interest in Russia.

It highlights iconic moments which Insite further reading.

Overall happy a listener.

Bite size pieces to keep you interested.

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Extremely well narrated, this grips you from the start. Download all the episodes to learn how Putin started, and how he got to where he is today. It seems that almost by accident he was selected, but once selected, his total ruthlessness and desire to cling on to power at all costs came into being.
Informative, fascinating............and depressing.

Gripping insight into one man's journey to power.

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This is a really great overview of the historical rise of Putin from 1999 till today. The journalist covers many angles & talk to many different people and it’s one of the best short historic podcast series I’ve heard.

Great overall overview of Putins rule

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Very interesting but marred by incredibly irritating and unnecessary overplay of ‘dramatic’ music through all episodes

Very interesting

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