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Radio War Nerd EP 374 — Understanding Putin, with Philip Short

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Putin's Adolescence

Putin grew up in a tough area of Leningrad. He decided that he didn't want to end up like the other young ruffians, writes Mark Whitaker. Putin wanted to go in the KGB. That was his out from that world. It says a lot, doesn't it actually? One wants to be a poet, the other wants to be an opposition leader.

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