Podcast: Is Putin preparing for forever war?

By Andrej Matisak, featuring Volodymyr Dubovyk, Former Visiting Scholar at the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program

Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia plans to cut military spending starting next year. This statement came after the Minister of Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, warned that the country’s economy is teetering on the brink of recession. Yet Putin also declared: Wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, that’s ours. So, regardless of his words about the economy, is he preparing for a forever war? And can his regime survive without war? I discussed this – and much more – with Volodymyr Dubovyk, an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Odesa I. Mechnikov National University. 

Listen to the conversation here.

(This post is republished from Ko-fi.)