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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: The Kremlin court – how Putin’s inner circle keeps him in power
Description: Vladimir Putin has surrounded himself with loyalists who have kept him in power for 20 years. Earlier this week, Russian defence minister and close ally of Putin, Sergei Shoigu, was removed from his post. But the author of The New Politics of Russia, Andrew Monaghan, says Shoigu’s removal was less of a sacking, as Western media suggests, and more of a promotion. He joins Chris Jones to discuss how Putin’s inner circle operates.  Buy The New Politics of Russia through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small co...