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Putin: Prisoner of Power
- By: Dasha Lisitsina, Russell Finch
- Narrated by: Misha Glenny
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Aug 19 201927 mins
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Aug 19 201925 mins
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Aug 19 201924 mins
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- 14-10-19
Typical BBC type propaganda
Half thruths twisted lies wont make a good peice of journalism. I'm not a Russian. Not a Putin supporter too. But prejudice and opinionated propaganda can't help to create public opinion nowadays you should remember.
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- Alexandra
- 29-08-19
An interesting but biased story
First of all three hours is quite a short time to overview the last twenty years of Russian history.
Secondly, opinions are biased, all interviews are from people opposite to Putin. To put things straight, some important details are missed, like that Khodorkovsky wasn't an innocent billionaire, he and his companions were sentenced for serious crimes like contract kills and fiscal frauds. Nothing has been said about the improvements for ordinary people compared to USSR and 90s.
Otherwise, it was a good documentary on key persons in Russian politics.
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- Peter Kiss
- 27-08-19
Biased and unoriginal
If you are looking for an objective take on Putin's story, look elsewhere. This is the standard western narrative on Putin, nothing new. I especially like how the author jumped from Beslan to Ukraine, skipping ten years. What a fail.
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- Hasnat Safder
- 29-08-19
Shamefully biased and factually wrong
I am by no means defending Russia or Putin, but this documentary was far too critical of Russia. The Russians have right to protect their self interests like any other country. You CANNOT say Russians fixed the 2016 elections without any proof whatsoever. You CANNOT deny their right to protect their regions from western manipulations like in Ukraine. Plus west has a history of causing riots and changing government they don't like and then leaving the people in a hell with a huge power vacuum.
This documentary suggest that Russian do not have the right to breathe if west don't approve it.
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- 01-09-19
Through Putin, understand every world leader
I haven't been following Russian news very much, so this has been a fascinating story. The journalism had an obvious Western bias, for example interviewing protesters extensively but not interviewing any Putin supporter at all. Typical Western propaganda. But most of the facts about Putin's actions seem accurate.
As you listen, you have to use your own judgement and remember this is not just a tyrant, but a highly intelligent political strategist. The tactics he uses for power are being mirrored by Trump, Xi, and so forth.
I'm inspired to wonder if having a strong leader in power for a long time is actually a good thing for the people, as opposed to the other option which is puppet leaders controlled by the oligarchy.
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- Mr Jason Freeborn
- 24-08-19
Micha Glenie at his shining best.
Excellent interviews, real people, and a story which explains chillingly how a KGB bureaucrat, placed in power by oligarchs in a kleptocracy, came to master the game of gaining and keeping power.
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- Royal
- 24-08-19
It's hit piece.. Hence free.. Totally biased..
Very boring.. Everything one sided nonsense... Atleast make an objective doc.. This was more like fox news style hit piece.. Anyone with common sense will find it very boring.
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- Graham French
- 13-09-19
Fascinating political insight.
Presents a strong political argument why Putin remains in power today. Controlling TV broadcasts has allowed him to spread disinformation and confusion and appointing his own Oligarchs to facilitate being unopposed. I highly recommend this audio show. It is both gripping and disturbing at the same time.
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- Andrian Gurdis
- 08-09-19
Compelling
I still can remember some of the storyes related here, living in a country influenced by russian authoritarians can not be forgotten even as a child.
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- Nigel
- 25-08-19
The politics of power
Unturnoffable. An excellent analysis of the former Soviet Union's descent into the abyss; the rise of the oligarchs; then Putin's rise from securocrat obscurity. An often heart-breaking journey through the tragedies of the Kursk submarine disaster; the Beslan school massacre; and the Ukraine. Just a pity that the Litvinenko and the Salisbury novichok poisonings were not covered. The great people of Russia - that beautiful, bitter, wormwood country - deserved better than this. Misha Glenny and team deserve an award for this work.
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