Lecture “Understanding Putin”

Catherine Belton, acclaimed journalist and author of the bestselling book “Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West” joins us live in London for this installment of our series, The Age of the Strongman. Drawing on years of investigative reporting, Belton will reveal how Putin’s rise was orchestrated by a network of former KGB officers and oligarchs who used economic power, fear and corruption to install him in the Kremlin. She will explore how this model of governance and ‘strongman leadership’ has been exported globally and what the consequences continue to be for us all.

Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia editor of The Economist, will join the event and will be on stage with Gideon Rachman.

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