Sean Wiswesser - Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War

Petr Petrenko - Letters to Political Prisoners in Russia

Petr Petrenko is a lawyer from St. Petersburg and an anti-war campaigner who organises public events in London in support of political prisoners in Russia. He holds an LLM in Human Rights Law from Queen Mary University of London and has ten years’ experience practicing and teaching law in Russia. Petr has organised a letter-writing project that helps people to communicate with and support Russians imprisoned for criticising the war in Ukraine. He also holds daily anti-war vigils outside Russian embassies.

Howard Amos - Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire

Howard Amos discusses his book "Russia Starts Here," a travelogue that illuminates Russia's Pskov region from its mediaeval history to the war in Ukraine. He talks about returning to Russia to complete his book in 2023, after most western journalists had left, and about how war, censorship, and overwhelming propaganda have changed the region and the country.

Sean Wiswesser - Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War

Sean Wiswesser, a retired CIA senior operations officer, discusses his book on Russian intelligence tactics from the Cold War to the 21st century.

Lucy Ash - The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church From Pagans to Putin

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Lucy Ash discusses her book The Baton and The Cross, which combines history and reportage to tell the story of church-state relations in Russia from ancient times to the war in Ukraine.

Marc Bennetts - The Descent: Witnessing Russia's Spiral Into Madness Under Putin

Marc Bennetts, a correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times, was forced to leave Russia in 2022, after living in the country for 25 years. His new book The Descent is a visceral memoir of his journalistic experiences and the cruel consequences of Kremlin propaganda