A former CIA director on whether Russians are losing faith in Vladimir Putin
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Former CIA director, Bill Burns,warned Vladimir Putin not to invade Ukraine in November 2021 . The Russian president ignored the warning. Bill Burns tells Shashank Joshi, The Economist’s defence editor, about what it’s like to deal with the Kremlin and why he thinks the Russian leadership is starting to feel more pressure from inside the country. #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #CIA #America 00:00 - Inside Bill Burns’s 2021 trip to Moscow 00:40 - The intelligence that exposed Putin’s plans 01:18 - Putin’s fixation on Ukraine 04:07 - The battlefield today 05:13 - Cracks in Russia Watch the full show: https://econ.st/4nQKciL Sign up to the Insider newsletter: https://econ.st/4nOyzIb Subscribe to The Economist: https://www.economist.com/subscribe Download our app: https://www.economist.com/get-the-app Follow The Economist on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeconomist/ Follow The Economist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist Follow The Economist on X: https://x
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