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Francisco Garcia
Prisoner or pariah: A bleak welcome awaits the young Briton who left home to fight Putin’s war

Tue 3 Mar 2026

Prisoner or pariah: A bleak welcome awaits the young Briton who left home to fight Putin’s war
Rogue Brits: Fighting for Putin

39 mins • S1, E349

Rogue Brits: Fighting for Putin
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Russia and Belarus are making an Olympic comeback. So much for the games’ core values

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Russia and Belarus are making an Olympic comeback. So much for the games’ core values
Russia’s war with Ukraine: four years on

10 mins • S1, E1305

Russia’s war with Ukraine: four years on
Zelenskyy accuses Putin of starting World War 3

29 mins • S1, E315

Zelenskyy accuses Putin of starting World War 3
Isabel Coles
Four years and no end in sight in for Ukraine’s existential struggle

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Four years and no end in sight in for Ukraine’s existential struggle
Bernard Gray
A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine

Sun 22 Feb 2026

A warning from the future: where Putin will set his sights after Ukraine
Russia is accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny

31 mins • S1, E313

Russia is accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny
James Tapper
Deadly frog toxin killed Putin opponent Alexei Navalny in prison

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Deadly frog toxin killed Putin opponent Alexei Navalny in prison
Ian Thomson
The Soviet Union’s long goodbye

Wed 11 Feb 2026

The Soviet Union’s long goodbye
Liz Cookman
‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the cold’

Mon 9 Feb 2026

‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the cold’
Russia’s shadow war at sea

30 mins • S1, E345

Russia’s shadow war at sea
Matt Russell
Britain slow to act against Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting tankers

Tue 3 Feb 2026

Britain slow to act against Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ of sanction-busting tankers
Isabel Coles
‘His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table’

Sat 24 Jan 2026

‘His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table’
Becky Pinnington
Russia’s ghost fleet gliding through Channel despite UK’s pledge to act

Wed 14 Jan 2026

Russia’s ghost fleet gliding through Channel despite UK’s pledge to act
The seized oil tankers

9 mins • S1, E1274

The seized oil tankers
How the US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker

30 mins • S1, E302

How the US seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker
Andrei Soldatov
Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine
Camille Corcoran
UK energy company linked to sanctioned oligarch sues Ukraine

Tue 30 Dec 2025

UK energy company linked to sanctioned oligarch sues Ukraine
Michael McFaul
‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’

Tue 30 Dec 2025

‘Ukraine is not losing the war, but it cannot fight forever’
Isabel Coles
Zelensky stays hopeful on plan for peace ahead of Trump talks

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Zelensky stays hopeful on plan for peace ahead of Trump talks
Isabel Coles
Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Defiance and denial in besieged Sloviansk as residents resist surrender to Moscow
Steve Bloomfield
Putin has failed, says Finland’s leader, but shift in US strategy is a threat to peace

Mon 22 Dec 2025

Putin has failed, says Finland’s leader, but shift in US strategy is a threat to peace
Andrew Rawnsley
Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend

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