Puthin's regime has also been known to kill people at home. E took about having to reach some kind of modus vivendi. I have no doubt that the attempt on poisoning the valne was on potins, with potin's approval and on his orders. Why now does he leave him in prison? A, it would be abit a bit crude, wouldn't it, to bump him off in his prison cell? He's too high profile. Er he i just don't think thereis any need. It is all kind of cost benefit fo po putin. For the moment at least, and probably for the foreseeable future, better to leave nevalne
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Journalist, author and former BBC foreign correspondent Philip Short joins us to discuss his new book, Putin: His Life and Times. It follows his biographies on other world leaders and despots including Chairman Mao and Pol Pot. Joining Philip in conversation is Mark Galeotti, an authority on Russian security affairs and international organised crime. Mark is Honorary Professor at UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and author of We Need To Talk About Putin: How the West gets him wrong.
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