Episode 30: A Russian Hangover. Interview with Shaun Walker

In this episode Adam and Maciek catch up with Shaun Walker – a journalist, writer and Guardian correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe. Shaun spent over a decade in Russia as a journalist and foreign correspondent. He is also the author of the book The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press. Shaun talks about his experience in Russia, his time in Eastern Ukraine in 2014 as well as some reflections on current developments.
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Resources:
The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Hangover-Putins-Russia-Ghosts/dp/0190058846/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+long+hangover&qid=1580492597&sr=8-1

Putin’s ideas for 2024. By Agnieszka Legucka. New Eastern Europe 31 January 2020: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/01/31/putins-ideas-for-2024/