On Thursday, the Kremlin announced a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Orthodox Christmas, potentially the most significant truce in the ongoing war. Ukraine's leadership, suspicious of Vladimir Putin's motives, dismissed the gesture. Catherine Belton writes about Russia for The Washington Post and is the author of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about the week's events, the latest military manoeuvres and the mindset of Putin's inner circle. Belton says there's a growing gulf between the country's elite and the increasingly isolated president.
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