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S7 Ep9: Putin’s war on Ukraine with Matthew Orr

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Current Affairs | Geopolitics | Intelligence

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Is Russia Assassinating Zelensky?

Russia hasn't chosen to try and take out Zelensky in any proper way. The main constraint on that is pretty clear, which is that if Russia is assassinated Zelensky, then they're opening the door for 40 million Ukrainians to assassinate Putin. And so that's potentially an escalatory path that Russia does actually not want to take this down.

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