Full 1hr30m episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72385915

00:00:00 - General vibe of the early 2000s. ♬ Lyube - Davay za ♬ 00:18:10 - Putin coming to power. Apartment bombing conspiracy. 00:29:50 - Second Chechen War 00:37:45 - Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000 00:44:00 - Akhmat Kadyrov changing sides. ♬ Timur Mutsuraev - Pogasli Svechi ♬ 00:51:00 - Putin against Berezovsky 00:58:00 - Putin against oil tycoon Khodorkovsky and media tycoon Gusinsky 01:04:20 - Terrorism. 'Nord Ost' Moscow theather hostage crisis in 2002. Subway bombing in 2004. Beslan school siege in 2004. 01:17:30 - US-Russia relations. Afghan & Iraq war. ♬ Mr Credo - Saddam Hussein ♬