Luke Harding - Putin, poison and plotting

Luke Harding is an award winning Guardian journalist whose latest book shines a light again on the role of the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin - from the poisonings of Segei and Julia Skripal in Salisbury to the Russian involvement in the 2016 US Presidential Election. A former Guardian Moscow correspondent, Luke Harding argues that President Putin - a former KGB agent himself - has merged organised crime, spycraft and government into a single entity with the aim of sowing chaos and division among Washington and its western allies. He discusses Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of the West with Kathryn Ryan.