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UKRAINE INVASION — EXPLAINED
A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate'
by Terry Gross
www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139464673/ukraine-russia-putin-war-luke-harding-invasion
November 29, 2022 • FRESH AIR…Journalist Luke Harding saw firsthand the nature of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, while serving as Moscow Bureau Chief for The Guardian from 2007 until 2011. The Kremlin didn't like what he was writing, Harding says, and, consequently, his apartment was broken into, he was spied on, harassed and, finally, expelled from Russia. "The country was lurching towards darkness," Harding says. "It was already authoritarian when I got there, but it was going…
FRESH AIR
Reporting On The Atrocities And Destruction In Ukraine
www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139456724/reporting-on-the-atrocities-and-destruction-in-ukraine
November 29, 2022 • …Guardian journalist Luke Harding shares his experience reporting from Ukraine. "It's almost impossible to process," he says. "You can see a flourishing city of half a million people with ports, with restaurants, with live music, with culture, coffee — and now it's a ghostly ruin." We talk about how the war might end — and why the West needs to pay attention. Harding's book is Invasion.…
Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
BUSINESS
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe
www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671820502/deutsche-bank-offices-are-raided-in-money-laundering-probe
by Bill Chappell
November 29, 2018 • …its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years. Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. In an interview with NPR's Fresh Air one year ago, Harding said, "While money from…
WORLD
What's At Stake In Helsinki
www.npr.org/2018/07/15/629212901/whats-at-stake-in-helsinki
July 15, 2018 • …President Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting in Helsinki Monday. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with journalist Luke Harding of The Guardian about what's at stake.…
EUROPE
Speculation Continues In Britain After Ex-Russian Spy Was Poisoned By Nerve Agent
www.npr.org/2018/03/08/592046380/speculation-continues-in-britain-after-ex-russian-spy-was-poisoned-by-nerve-agen
March 8, 2018 • …Four days after a former Russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K., British authorities have yet to publicly accuse anyone of the attack. Yet speculation swirls about Russian involvement, and, as Luke Harding of The Guardian says, the poisoning looks very similar to previous Russian assassination attempts.…
POLITICS
Opposition Researchers Behind 'Steele Dossier' Speak Out
www.npr.org/2018/01/03/575264703/opposition-researchers-behind-steele-dossier-speak-out
January 3, 2018 • …Ailsa Chang talks to journalist and author Luke Harding, who writes for The Guardian, about the dossier from Fusion GPS which outlined President Trump's alleged ties to Russia.…
POLITICS
POLITICS
Is Putin Handling Trump The Way A KGB Officer Handles An Asset?
www.npr.org/2017/12/23/573142599/is-putin-handling-trump-the-way-a-kgb-officer-handles-an-asset
December 23, 2017 • …As Robert Mueller's Russia investigation proceeds, NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran Moscow correspondent Luke Harding how Vladimir Putin manages his relationship with President Trump.…
FRESH AIR
'How Russia Helped Trump Win The White House'
www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565771498/how-russia-helped-trump-win-the-white-house
November 21, 2017 • …"The constellation of Russian connections circling around Planet Trump is quite extraordinary," says 'Guardian' reporter Luke Harding. His new book is 'Collusion.' Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews 'Call Me By Your Name.'…
POLITICS
Journalist Investigating Trump And Russia Says 'Full Picture Is One Of Collusion'
www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565654507/journalist-investigating-trump-and-russia-says-full-picture-is-one-of-collusion
November 21, 2017 • FRESH AIR…"The constellation of Russian connections circling around Planet Trump is quite extraordinary," says Guardian reporter Luke Harding. His new book is Collusion.…
A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate'
by Terry Gross
www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139464673/ukraine-russia-putin-war-luke-harding-invasion
November 29, 2022 • FRESH AIR…Journalist Luke Harding saw firsthand the nature of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, while serving as Moscow Bureau Chief for The Guardian from 2007 until 2011. The Kremlin didn't like what he was writing, Harding says, and, consequently, his apartment was broken into, he was spied on, harassed and, finally, expelled from Russia. "The country was lurching towards darkness," Harding says. "It was already authoritarian when I got there, but it was going…
FRESH AIR
Reporting On The Atrocities And Destruction In Ukraine
www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139456724/reporting-on-the-atrocities-and-destruction-in-ukraine
November 29, 2022 • …Guardian journalist Luke Harding shares his experience reporting from Ukraine. "It's almost impossible to process," he says. "You can see a flourishing city of half a million people with ports, with restaurants, with live music, with culture, coffee — and now it's a ghostly ruin." We talk about how the war might end — and why the West needs to pay attention. Harding's book is Invasion.…
Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
BUSINESS
Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe
www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671820502/deutsche-bank-offices-are-raided-in-money-laundering-probe
by Bill Chappell
November 29, 2018 • …its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years. Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. In an interview with NPR's Fresh Air one year ago, Harding said, "While money from…
WORLD
What's At Stake In Helsinki
www.npr.org/2018/07/15/629212901/whats-at-stake-in-helsinki
July 15, 2018 • …President Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting in Helsinki Monday. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with journalist Luke Harding of The Guardian about what's at stake.…
EUROPE
Speculation Continues In Britain After Ex-Russian Spy Was Poisoned By Nerve Agent
www.npr.org/2018/03/08/592046380/speculation-continues-in-britain-after-ex-russian-spy-was-poisoned-by-nerve-agen
March 8, 2018 • …Four days after a former Russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K., British authorities have yet to publicly accuse anyone of the attack. Yet speculation swirls about Russian involvement, and, as Luke Harding of The Guardian says, the poisoning looks very similar to previous Russian assassination attempts.…
POLITICS
Opposition Researchers Behind 'Steele Dossier' Speak Out
www.npr.org/2018/01/03/575264703/opposition-researchers-behind-steele-dossier-speak-out
January 3, 2018 • …Ailsa Chang talks to journalist and author Luke Harding, who writes for The Guardian, about the dossier from Fusion GPS which outlined President Trump's alleged ties to Russia.…
POLITICS
POLITICS
Is Putin Handling Trump The Way A KGB Officer Handles An Asset?
www.npr.org/2017/12/23/573142599/is-putin-handling-trump-the-way-a-kgb-officer-handles-an-asset
December 23, 2017 • …As Robert Mueller's Russia investigation proceeds, NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran Moscow correspondent Luke Harding how Vladimir Putin manages his relationship with President Trump.…
FRESH AIR
'How Russia Helped Trump Win The White House'
www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565771498/how-russia-helped-trump-win-the-white-house
November 21, 2017 • …"The constellation of Russian connections circling around Planet Trump is quite extraordinary," says 'Guardian' reporter Luke Harding. His new book is 'Collusion.' Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews 'Call Me By Your Name.'…
POLITICS
Journalist Investigating Trump And Russia Says 'Full Picture Is One Of Collusion'
www.npr.org/2017/11/21/565654507/journalist-investigating-trump-and-russia-says-full-picture-is-one-of-collusion
November 21, 2017 • FRESH AIR…"The constellation of Russian connections circling around Planet Trump is quite extraordinary," says Guardian reporter Luke Harding. His new book is Collusion.…