'Crime Beat' and 'Russia Rising' took home top spots as some of the best Canadian podcasts of the year, according to Apple.

Niki Reitmayer speaks with Jeff Semple about the making of Russia Rising and gets a few updates on the stories he covered this season.

This Putin Generation was born after the communist collapse and grew up during Russia’s gruelling economic transition in the 1990s.

In an age of fake news, social media and countless alternative online news sources, the Russian art of deception plays a key role in the country's political manoeuvres.

The poisoning of Sergey Skripal confuses those who wonder how Russian intelligence agents could be so unintelligent.

Jeff Semple visits the front-lines of a growing cyberwar in the third episode of the Russia Rising podcast

Vladimir Putin's background as a KGB agent informs his view of the world and Russia's place in it.

Former KGB officer Alexander Vassiliev tells Global News podcast 'Russia Rising' about the spy training he received from the same school as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the first episode of the new Global News podcast, Russia Rising, Jeff Semple investigates how Russian internet trolls operate and whether other countries, specifically Canada, are targeted too.