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S2 E16 – Moscow Duel
Democracy in Danger
English - June 01, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes - 64.4 MBSociety & Culture News Politics democracy election history illiberalism media news politics unitedstates world Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: S2 E15 – Between Progress and Putin
Next Episode: S2 E17 – India Burning
Three pillars hold up autocracy in Russia, journalist Masha Gessen says: media control, sham elections and downright terror. But the opposition movement spearheaded by imprisoned activist Alexei Navalny has struck at the heart of all three. Gessen explains how — and measures the power of democratic aspirations in a country struggling against corruption with hope, against the past with visions of a happier future.