Podcasts about ilya zaslavskiy

Summary Jim Olson (Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss Putin and Russia. He had a 31-year career with the CIA including a tour in Moscow. What You'll Learn Intelligence His views on Russia and its trajectory since the Cold War's end His frank assessment of Putin and admiration for the Russian people His time in Moscow with 3 rotating KGB teams surveilling him His time as Chief of Station in the city of spies Vienna Reflections A “beautiful marriage” with American technology  Passing the generational baton And much, much more… Episode Notes “James Olson is a legend in the clandestine service,” not my description of this week's guest, but that of former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Jim spent 31 years in the CIA, including tours in Moscow, Vienna & Mexico City, and rose to become Chief of CIA Counterintelligence. He is the author of Fair Play and To Catch a Spy.  He joined Andrew to speak about Russia. He speaks the language, spent time living and working in the country, where he was involved in one particularly daring operation that he shares with us in the episode, and he faced off against the organization that would go on to become the current SVR and FSB – the KGB. Jim has had Vladimir Putin on his radar for many a year, and he doesn't pull any punches reflecting on his trajectory in this episode. And… Jim grew up in a small town in Iowa where, “we didn't really follow international affairs, we joked among ourselves…if it didn't affect the price of corn, we weren't really interested.” My, how things changed for Jim. Quote of the Week "I have tremendous respect for the Russian people. They are long suffering. I've gotten to know many Russians. I've worked with a lot of Russians. I found them to be people who had a real soul. They had a human qualities that I could admire, but they were locked into a repressive regime that did not allow them to express any of those human sentiments that that they felt." – Jim Olson Resources Headline Resource To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, J. Olson (GUP, 2019) Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, J. Olson (Potomac, 2008) *SpyCasts* “The Spymaster's Prism” – with Jack Devine (2021) “Russians Among Us: The Hunt for Putin's Spies” – with Gordon Corera (2020) “The Corrupted State” – with Ilya Zaslavskiy (2016) “Putin's End Game in Ukraine” – with KGB General (Retd.) Oleg Kalugin (2014) Beginner Resources To Catch A Spy with J. Olson, C-SPAN (2020) [9:44 minutes]  The Best Books on Counterintelligence, J. Olson, Shepherd (n.d.) Putin's Revisionist History of Russia and Ukraine, I. Chotiner, New Yorker (2022) Books Putin's People, C. Belton (Picador, 2022) Operative in the Kremlin, F. Hill & C. Gaddy (Brookings, 2015) One Soldier's War in Chechnya, A. Babchenko (Portobello, 2008) Articles Former CIA Leader Said LinkedIn is Like a Candy Store to China, C. Burgess, ClearanceJobs (2022) New Documentary Series Explores Pollard Affair, H. Brown, Jerusalem Post (2022) J. Olson First Recipient of “The Spirit of Aggieland – 41 Award,” J. Adams, KAGS (2022) Ex-CIA Chief on Accused Chinese Spymaster, P. Christian, WCPO (2021) Videos To Catch A Spy with J. Olson, Houston World Affairs Council (2020) Primary Sources James Collins Oral History, US Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1997-2001 (n.d.) Jack Matlock Oral History, US Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1987-1991, (n.d.) Ukraine: Memo. On Security Assurances (1994) Belovezha Accords, Eyewitness Account of Former Belarus Soviet Leader (1991) *Wildcard Resource* What Classic Russian Literature Can Teach us about Putin's War on Ukraine  Putin is a big fan of Dostoevsky – who underwent a mock execution & four years of hard labor in Siberia for belonging to a literary discussion group feared by the Tsarist autocracy. 

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Western sanctions against Belarus finally appear to be targeting Alyaksandr Lukashenka's enablers in Russia. When the United States, the European Union, Canada, and the United Kingdom announced a new round of sanctions against the Minsk regime this week, one name in particular stood out: Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev, the largest single foreign investor in Belarus who was included on the EU's list of sanctioned individuals. Given the expanding Russian economic footprint in Belarus and the close ties between the two countries, many are arguing that the West cannot just sanction Belarus alone - it needs to sanction the Putin-Lukashenka axis of autocrats and kleptocrats. The Europeans took a big step in that direction. On this week's Power Vertical Podcast, host Brian Whitmore talks to Ilya Zaslavskiy of the Free Russia Foundation and Paul Massaro of the U.S. Helsinki Commission about what happens next and what should happen next. Enjoy...

In this episode of The Power Vertical, Ilya Zaslavskiy and Josh Rudolph join host Brian Whitmore to discuss how to sanction a problem like Russia and look at the latest round of sanctions levied against Russia by the Biden administration.

In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast, Ilya Zaslavskiy and Casey Michel join host Brian Whitmore to talk about the whispering campaigns online about Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime's ability to manipulate Western institutions.

In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast, Konstantin Eggert and Ilya Zaslavskiy join host Brian Whitmore to talk about the sentencing of Alexei Navalny and the consequences of his influence for years to come.

In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast, host Brian Whitmore is joined by Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Zaslavskiy of Free Russia Foundation to discuss Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's arrest in Moscow and his anti-corruption campaign that revealed Vladimir Putin's opulent palace on the Black Sea coast.

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.

A lecture by Ilya Zaslavskiy, Hudson Institute and Free Russia Foundation.

A lecture by Ilya Zaslavskiy, Hudson Institute and Free Russia Foundation.

On Oct 11th, Hudson Institute�s Kleptocracy Initiative held a discussion of Ilya Zaslavskiy�s report, How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West.

On Oct 11th, Hudson Institute�s Kleptocracy Initiative held a discussion of Ilya Zaslavskiy�s report, How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West.

Ilya Zaslavskiy, a researcher with Free Russia foundation and Oxford University alumni, returns to Rashkin Report to update the listeners on the latest developments resulting from his efforts to hold the Oxford University to its own ethical standards. Mr. Zaslavskiy argues that by accepting $75 million contribution from a Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin, Oxford violated its own code of ethics, and the money, which should never have been accepted, should now be rejected. www.RashkinReport.com

Conversation with Ilya Zaslavskiy, a researcher with Free Russian foundation, and an energy expert about the impact of western sanctions on Russia, and his efforts to remind western schools including his alma mater Oxford of their codes of ethics, in order to stop Russian oligarchs from buying influence and respect in the West using money obtained through illegal transactions and deals with Putin's regime. Rashkin Report airs weekly on WSUW 91.7 FM. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/18/making-life-hard-for-russias-robber-barons-kleptocracy-archive/ http://www.svoboda.org/a/27349843.html http://www.4freerussia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/russia-elections-russian-oligarchs.pdf

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Ilya Zaslavskiy, who was falsely accused of espionage by Russian security services (the FSB). Unwilling to sit back and allow others to be victimized by a corrupt system, Ilya now dedicates his time to exposing those at the heart of the Russian kleptocracy. See his petition here: https://www.change.org/p/chancellor-chris-patten-oxford-university-and-other-academic-entities-review-cooperation-with-putin-s-oligarchs