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Radio 4,31 May 2026,30 mins

Is pressure mounting on Putin to end the war?

The World This Weekend

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There are reports of growing pressure within Russia to end the war in Ukraine - now in its fifth year. We have expert analysis on the public mood, with Ekaterina Schulmann, we assess the view of the governing class with former Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Federov and we discuss whether the war is more likely to end through military or political efforts with Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and Nina Khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York City.

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