28 June 2023
Episode 3053
32 minutes
How much did Moscow’s senior military leaders know in advance about the weekend’s Wagner group mutiny? Also in the programme: Sweden’s Almedalen Week, a summer event often described as the most important in the country’s political calendar, and why South Korea had to change the way it records people’s age.
28 June 2023
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Sweden’s Almedalen Week
We cross over to Sweden’s Gotland island, where politicians and members of the public are gathering for a discussion forum that has been described as the most important event in the country’s political calendar.
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