Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’

Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’

Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian best-selling novelist, journalist and intellectual who lives in Kyiv.


In this bonus episode of Ukraine: The Latest, host David Knowles speaks to Andrey Kurkov about Ukraine's radical social change and defending their European future, fleeing home and adapting to war, and why Putin will not give up while he's alive.


Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov:

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/andrey-kurkov/grey-bees/9780857059369/


20 Days in Mariupol

https://20daysinmariupol.com/


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