The descent into madness under Putin

<p>When The Times foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts moved to Russia in 1997, there was hope for a new future for the country. But over the next 25 years, he witnessed the rise of Vladimir Putin and the erosion of civil liberties. In his new book, <em>The Descent: Witnessing Russia’s Spiral into Madness Under Putin, </em>Marc charts how one man remade Russia in his own paranoid image.</p><br><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times …