Over the coming weeks, we're studying contemporary history - looking at what's happened to Russia and also to western countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.
We're working from this article by Timothy Snyder: "Vladimir Putin’s politics of eternity" but I'm breaking it down into smaller parts to make it easier to identify the key ideas and see how well they can be applied to our domestic politics.
Christiane Amanpour conducted a good interview with Snyder, in which he outlined the major themes of the article and latest book, "The Road to Unfreedom". It's a great starting point for exploring this topic and you can watch it here:
