In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast host Brian Whitmore discusses the weird rumors of Putin's ill health, the State Duma's vote to grant former presidents immunity and seats in the Federation Council, and the Kremlin's erratic decision-making with guests Ilya Ponomarev and Ilya Zaslavskiy.

Authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China have spent more than $300 million interfering in democratic processes over the past decade. In this episode Josh Rudolph, Fellow for Malign Finance at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, takes us behind the scenes of these covert financial attacks and sheds light on the Kremlin's influence all over the world.

For two decades, Vladimir Putin has been the master of the Russian universe. But 2020 may go down as the year when he lost his mojo. In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast, special guest Mark Galeotti joins host Brian Whitmore to discuss the major themes of his book, We Need to Talk About Putin.

Brian Whitmore of The Power Vertical speaks to BBC 5 Live's Stephen Nolan about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In the wake of Alexei Navalny's poisoning, Brian Whitmore joins BBC 5 Live's Dotun Adebayo to discuss the Kremlin's long history of attempted and successful assassinations.