Trump and Putin: A Controversial Alliance

If the Putin-Trump meeting on the weekend brought about anything, it was a closer relationship between the two leaders. One an accused war criminal, the other a convicted felon. 

So, with the US president rolling out the red carpet for his Russian counterpart, what will Vladimir Putin do next? 

Today, Russia expert Matthew Sussex from the Centre for European Studies at the ANU on Putin’s ultimate aim and how Trump’s helping him achieve it.   

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Dr Matthew Sussex, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University