Episode details

World Service,01 Jun 2022,23 mins

Serhii Plokhy: How Putin weaponises history

The Interview

Available for over a year

Stephen Sackur speaks to internationally renowned Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy, who specialises in the complex histories of Ukraine, Russia and the Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin has tried to weaponise history to undermine Ukrainian identity and nationhood - how does this historian fight back?

Programme Website
More episodes