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2. Out of the shadows

In just a few years Putin went from being a bag carrier for a regional mayor to the most powerful man in Russia. How did he do it? The story behind his mysterious rise to power.

Operation successor: the story behind the Russian president's mysterious rise to power. From bag carrier to the most powerful man in Russia. In just a few years Vladimir Putin went from working for the mayor of St Petersburg to being prime minister, then president.

To make sense of how he did it, Jonny Dymond is joined by:

Misha Glenny, former 大象传媒 correspondent and author of 鈥楳cMafia鈥
Natalia Gevorkyan, co-writer of the first authorised biography of Vladimir Putin published in 2000, and of 鈥淭he Prisoner of Putin鈥 with Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Oliver Bullough, writer, journalist. former Moscow correspondent for Reuters and author of 鈥淏utler to the world鈥

Production coordinators: Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed

Sound engineer: James Beard
Producers: Caroline Bayley, Sandra Kanthal, Joe Kent
Series Editor: Emma Rippon
Commissioning Editor: Richard Knight

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28 minutes

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Tue 22 Mar 2022 11:00

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  • Tue 22 Mar 2022 11:00

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