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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: ‘I was Putin’s speech writer. I don’t recognise him anymore’
Description: Abbas Gallyamov wrote scripts for Vladimir Putin for 3 years from 2008. He describes Vladimir Putin in that time as ‘logical’ and ‘in control of his emotions’. Now, after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine he says Putin is ‘erratic’ and unrecognisable. His opposition to Putin has reportedly landed him on the Kremlin’s wanted list. He joins Chris Jones from exile away from his motherland, to discuss how Putin has changed, his popularity and the upcoming March election.•”Back then he was totally different, he was absolutely logical and in full control of his emotions.” – Abbas Gallyamov.•”These polls are a...