8. Shaping perceptions

8. Shaping perceptions

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429. Fedorov's Challenge: A Governance Crisis in Kyiv?

In this episode, Saul David and Patrick Bishop analyse the political shockwaves in Kyiv following former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov's controversial call for wartime presidential elections. They examine the rising tension within the Ukrainian leadership, the removal of key ...  Show more

428. Echoes of ’91: The Fall of the USSR and Putin’s Future

In this episode of Battleground: The Big Picture, host Roger Moorhouse sits down with renowned historian and author Robert Service to dissect the historical threads connecting the fall of the Soviet Union to Vladimir Putin’s present-day Russia. Drawing from his recent work on the ...  Show more

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