The Big Steal
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The Big Steal
The Big Steal tells the story of Vladimir Putin and his violent assault on human dignity, rule of law, democracy and truth – in Russia, its neighbours and across the West. A former KGB officer, Putin climbed his way to the presidency of the world’s largest nation, and put in place a mafi...
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15 epizodRussia Invades Ukraine
In the early hours of 24 February 2022, Russia launched a brutal invasion of its neighbour, Ukraine. True to his yearslong strategy of lies and disinf...
Russia On the Brink?
With tensions continuing to grow between Russia, Ukraine, the EU and NATO, is President Putin’s endgame finally coming into view? A massive military b...
A New Breed Of Autocracy
The Kremlin’s lies can be seen almost everywhere across the globe and show no signs of abating.
In fact world leaders are even adopting Putin’s...
Protests and Police Raids
In this episode Gavin Esler explores the theft of democracy itself in Russia. President Putin holds elections regularly, but for what reason, consider...
While You Were Shielding
The Big Steal returns with a new series exploring Russia's continuing journey towards an autocratic kleptocracy.
Whilst the world has been grip...
SERIES 2 NEWS + 'Taking Apart Terror' Taster
Gavin Esler brings us news of the upcoming Series 2 of The Big Steal. A new 3-part series coming later this month.
Plus - a sample of 'Taking Ap...
The Big Steal – Epilogue
Gavin Esler talks to experts on Russia and its complicated political and economic landscape, to attempt to pull all the threads together and answer so...
What comes after Putin?
What comes next? There are clear indications that Putin was behind meddling in the US election of 2016, and convincing arguments to suggest that he te...
Russia's War Against Truth
A world of misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods, propaganda - the normalisation of lies. This episode focuses on the weapons used by the Putin r...
Follow the Money
To understand Russia’s journey from Communism to kleptocracy in a generation, the best approach is to follow the money.
At the heart of the stor...
The American who made Putin Furious
In December 2013, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is pardoned by Putin for humanitarian reasons: his mother is sick. But whilst Khodorkovsky is released, others...
The Man in the Cage
Eight months after his arrest Mikhail Khodorkovsky is put on trial in a Moscow courtroom. It’s a show trial: Khodorkovsky is put in a cage; TV picture...
The Man Who Challenged Putin
By 2003 Yukos was a success story, but Putin’s premiership was not going so well. He’d failed to deal competently with the Kursk submarine disaster, a...
From Communism to Kleptocracy
The Cold War is over and 70 years of Communist rule is flushed away. In Soviet Russia, capitalists risked being shot, but with Communism gone, Mikhail...
The Rivals
In post-Soviet Russia, two men are rising through the ranks, but they are following different trajectories. One is a businessman: Mikhail Khodorkovsky...