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Podcast: Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Episode: The story of Russia through Putin's eyes, and the painting that rocked Australian politics
Description: Three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, renowned historian Orlando Figes, delves into President Vladimir Putin's rationale for war. And we go back to 1970s Australia and America, when the Whitlam Government paid a record sum for an abstract expressionist painting - Blue Poles. There was an outcry, and the government would pay a political price as well.