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Taking On Putin

The journalist John Sweeney has been on Vladimir Putin's case for 22 years since he first saw evidence of war crimes by the Russian army under Putin's command in Chechnya. John first called Vladimir Putin a war criminal in March 2000. And again and again he's seen evidence of Vladimir Putin killing people, killing people in Russia, killing people in Britain and around the world.

Reporting from Kyiv this podcast will answer the question on everyones lips, who could do this to Ukraine, to civilians, to children? Who is Putin?

Taking On Putin is funded by you - the listener. You can support the podcast on Crowdfunder - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taking-on-putin

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5. Let's Not Count the Dead

Apr 27, 2022

John Sweeney has been in Kyiv since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine - reporting from on the ground. This episode he visits towns near Kyiv that were occupied by Russia, and records evidence of war crimes. But over 20 years ago, John was reporting on the very same crimes, and others committed against civilians, in...

4. Russia's Greatest Love Machine

Apr 20, 2022

John Sweeney has been uncovering the evidence of Vladimir Putin's war crimes for over twenty years. Now, he's on the ground in Kyiv reporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This episode, John reveals how Putin uses sex to shame his opponents, but has made it extremely dangerous for others to discuss the the...

3. One lump or two?

Apr 14, 2022

John Sweeney has been keeping track of the people caught up in Vladimir Putin's war crimes for over 20 years. This week, he remembers some of the people silenced for speaking out - and why their deaths were 'almost certainly' at the hands of the Kremlin.

Taking On Putin is funded by you - the listener. You can support...

2. The Poisonings Begin

Apr 7, 2022

John Sweeney has been tracking the evidence of Vladimir Putin's war crimes for over two decades. Now, on the ground in Kyiv, the old school reporter is sharing the truth. In this week's episode, John exposes the long list of Putin's enemies who've wound up dead - and the early life of the man behind the killing...