Have you ever wondered just what Vladimir Putin is really like? Or what it’s like dealing with those extreme temperatures? What happens if the KGB accuse you of spying for the West? And what really goes on under those furry hats? For 45 years, Angus Roxburgh has lived and breathed Russia. From translating Tolstoy to meeting three Russian Presidents (and working for one!), Angus has become one of Britain’s most authoritative voices on Russia. In this podcast, Angus is interviewed by Rob Brown about his time as a foreign correspondent in Russia for the Sunday Times and BBC News. He takes us through the trials and triumphs of working in a country so few of us really ever get to know. It’s a journey that is at once quirky, crazy, exasperating, beautiful and tumultuous, through a world that in forty years has changed completely and yet not at all.