# Is Russia's time as a dominant power coming to an end?

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Podcast: [Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald](https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533)
Published: 2026-05-05T01:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/russia-global-superpower-for-how-much-longer/106569712
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Russia has crossed the threshold of losing more soldiers than it's able to mobilise . Some troops are paying their commanders to get a spot at the back of the Russian forces. Others are deserting entirely . And when soldiers do return home, they often bring the violence with them . President Putin controls a powerful pro-war narrative , which helped rationalise this war of choice to his people. But are the effects of this propaganda beginning to wane? And after a harsh winter, what has changed within Ukraine? As Russia fails to bring this war to a close, and the world moves to phase out fossil fuels, Russia's main export , how much longer can Russia hold on to the pretence of global superpower status? Guest: Peter Pomerantsev -- Kiev-born writer; political analyst; senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University; co-director of the Arena Initiative; co-founder of The Reckoning Project ; author of Nothing is True and Everything is Possible and This Is Not Propaganda . Geraldine's further reading recommendations: The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin's Ideology Took the Nation Hostage , by Andrei Kolesnikov. Inside the belly of the beast , by Noonie Minogue. Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire , by Howard Amos. Get in touch:We’d love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

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