# What if Putin dies?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/what-if-putin-dies
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/what-if-putin-dies.md
Podcast: [The Bunker – News without the nonsense](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382)
Published: 2026-06-10T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-bunker/episodes/6a2ad346622531b86437f27b
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/e/185cb8d0-6577-11f1-b92f-7b5b59d15a35/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/what-if-putin-dies
Duration seconds: 1493

## Resource

What happens if Vladimir Putin suddenly dies – or is killed? Has the Russian dictator lined up a successor, or would a new leader rise up? And what sort of chaos would that bring? At 73, Putin is one of the longest-serving leaders in modern Russian history. No one appears likely to challenge him directly right now, but his time will have to run out eventually. Historian, author and major Russia expert Mark Galeotti joins Gavin Esler to discuss where Russia’s next leader might come from – and whether they would be anything more than Putin with a different face. • Buy the updated edition of Mark’s book We Need to Talk about Putin from our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Back us on Patreon – www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/episodes/what-if-putin-dies/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense-1209382/what-if-putin-dies.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.