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Category Archives: Podcast

The Navalny Paradox and Other Tales

  April 2, 2021 Uncategorized

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny announced this week that he was going on a hunger strike. The move came amid reports that Navalny’s health is deteriorating and his supporters are claiming that the Kremlin is slowly killing him in prison. Continue reading

Tagged   Alexei Navalny, Brian Whitmore, Navalny jail, news, Podcast, politics, Russia, Russian, terrell jermaine starr

The Eastern Front

  March 26, 2021 Uncategorized

Don’t look now, but Russia is modernizing its military infrastructure and expanding its force structure in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad – which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. Continue reading

Tagged   Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Belarus, Brian Whitmore, Kremlin, michael kofman, military, nato, news, Podcast, politics, power vertical, Russia, russia military, Russian

The Georgian Front

  March 19, 2021 Uncategorized

We’ve got Georgia on our minds, but not for good reasons. We’ll unpack the crisis and what it means. Continue reading

Tagged   Brian Whitmore, eto buziashvili, georgia, news, Podcast, politics, power vertical, Russia, Russian, shota gvineria

The Power Horizontal

  March 12, 2021 Uncategorized

With Navalny now facing years in prison, the question remains: can his network survive without its leader? Continue reading

Tagged   Brian Whitmore, Maria Snegovaya, navalny, Navalny jail, news, Podcast, politics, Russia, Russian, vladimir ashurkov, Vladimir Putin

Putin’s Death Squads

  March 5, 2021 Uncategorized

Vladimir Kara-Murza survived two poisoning attempts that were — according to the preponderance of evidence — carried out on the Kremlin’s orders. Continue reading

Tagged   Brian Whitmore, Kremlin, news, Podcast, poisoning, politics, Russia, Russian, vladimir kara-murza

The Plot Against Navalny

  February 26, 2021 Uncategorized

Aleksei Navalny, it appears, has just been canceled – by Amnesty International. Continue reading

Tagged   Alexei Navalny, Kremlin, Navalny jail, news, Podcast, politics, Russia, Russian, Vladimir Putin

Corruption Is The New Communism

  February 12, 2021 Uncategorized

New bipartisan legislation could mean that the U.S. and its allies are ready to get tough on Kremlin kleptocracy. Continue reading

Tagged   black cash, corruption, kleptocracy, malign finance, Podcast, Russia

The Navalny Series

  February 9, 2021 Uncategorized
A man with short hair in a dark coat stares into the distance. His background is the flag of Russia.

This three-part series follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s return to Moscow and subsequent imprisonment five months after surviving an attempted assassination by the Kremlin. Continue reading

Tagged   Alexei Navalny, assassination, assassination attempt, Kremlin, Moscow, Podcast, Russia, Vladimir Putin

The Navalny Phenomenon

  February 5, 2021 Uncategorized
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shouts in the middle of a crowd of protestors with his fist in the air.

Alexei Navalny is sentenced to 32 months in prison, and his international influence continues to grow. Continue reading

Tagged   Alexei Navalny, navalny, Navalny jail, Navalny prison, Navalny protest, Podcast, protests, putin, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Taking It To The Streets: Confronting the Putin-Lukashenka Axis

  January 29, 2021 Uncategorized
Four images show protest in Belarus, protests in Russia, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and Vladimir Putin

Protestors in Russia and Belarus unite behind their common goals to confront corruption and end political oppression. Continue reading

Tagged   Alyaksandr Lukashenka, authoritarian, Belarus, democracy, dictator, Lukashenka, Podcast, post-Soviet, protest, protests, putin, Russia, Soviet, unrest, Vladimir Putin
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