Podcasts about Alexei Navalny

On Tuesday, a Russian court convicted four journalists of “extremism”, specifically, for allegedly collaborating with Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, which the Kremlin labeled “extremist” and outlawed back in 2021. But what does this case reveal about the state of press freedom and political repression in Russia? And can an appeal offer any hope for justice in this case?Join us on our journey through the events that shape the European continent and the European Union.Production: By Europod, in co production with Sphera Network.Follow us on:LinkedInInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 16: Attacks on nine prisons in France receive wide coverage in the French papers. Next, four Russian journalists have been arrested on charges of extremism over their work with Alexei Navalny. Also, Canada braces for elections, although hockey takes precedence over television debates. In sports news, Paris Saint-Germain are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Finally, Swedish moose are TV's new stars. The French papers are all discussing the same story after prisons all over France were attacked in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The motives are still a mystery, as La Dépêche du Midi tells us this morning. The paper describes the different overnight attacks. Police said the incidents ranged from tags, to vandalism, to cars being set alight. There were also two recorded incidents of shotgun and Kalashnikov shots, which struck two of the nine targeted prisons. Whilst Le Monde tells us that all hypotheses are still open, Le Figaro says that it is most likely related to drug trafficking.The independent media in Russia brings us news that four Russian journalists have been jailed on charges of "extremism". The Moscow Times says they have been sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Novaya Gazeta, the opposition newspaper, whose journalists write from exile in Estonia, is also covering the story. It explains that the four were arrested last year for their work with Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader who died in prison over a year ago. It adds that one of the arrested journalists said he had been placed in a cell for "dangerous prisoners", where he was forced to sleep on the floor.In Canada, things are heating up in the run-up to federal elections, with leadership debates being held this week. The Montreal Gazette has a very Canadian headline: "Habs take priority: Federal leaders debate moved up to accommodate hockey game". The article confirms that hockey takes priority over politics, even more so when the Montreal Canadian Habs are playing against the California Hurricanes for a playoff spot. The Canadian website CBC takes a look at the two main figures facing off at the elections: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal leader Mark Carney. It says that where Poilievre represents change, Carney represents stability. The Toronto Star has an opinion piece discussing that change with two pollsters. They say that the lead in the polls depends on what the ballot question is considered to be. Those who think that the election is about Trump are more likely to vote Liberal, whereas those who think it is about change are more likely to vote Conservative.It was a tense evening for football fans last night as teams fought it out for their place in the Champions League semi-finals. Aston Villa fans were disappointed, but The Mirror was still determined to celebrate Villa's win over Paris Saint-Germain last night, despite it not being enough to get them through to the semi-finals. It's a heart-breaking win, according to the Daily Mail. Meanwhile in Paris, Le Parisien is headlining with "Le grand frisson", highlighting the fright Paris gave themselves in last night's game. But the night finished with a happy ending, according to L'Équipe. Paris now move on to the semi-finals, where they will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid.Finally, a Swedish TV station has seen millions of people flock to its live stream showing the week-long migration of Sweden's moose population. The Guardian says it has been an annual event since 2019 and has grown in popularity over the years. Last year, some 9 million people tuned in to see the moose cross the Angerman river.You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

HECTIC AI SHOWNOTES CAUSE WE ARE LAZY, GOBBLESS. Enjoy! The Two Jacks - Episode 109: Election Update, Tariff Tremors & Online PolicingHosted by: Hong Kong Jack & Jack the InsiderWelcome to Episode 109 of The Two Jacks! This week, Jack and Jackdive into the thick of the Australian federal election, dissect President Trump's latest tariff moves, debate the policing of online speech, and touch on French politics, climate action, and sports.Key Topics Discussed:Australian Federal Election (00:00:20)Campaign Update: Entering the second week.Polling: Labor showing potential for a majority (News Poll 52-48), similar to other polls (51-49 to 52-48), despite a low primary vote (~32.5%). Recalls Labor's 2022 win with a similar primary vote.Leaders' Debate: Discussion of the Sky News debate between Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese. Joel views it as a draw, though Albanese was declared the winner by audience vote (approx. 44-35).Campaign Weaknesses (00:17:45): Both Jacks agree the campaign lacks substance, particularly on crucial issues like productivity and housing affordability. They note the difficulty for citizens needing to live far from CBDs (e.g., South Morang vs. Fitzroy historically) and criticize the parties for avoiding hard decisions.US Tariffs & Global Economy (00:28:00 & 00:48:04)Trump's Tariff Policy: Discussion on the imposition and subsequent 90-day delay of new tariffs on countries like Vietnam (47%), the Philippines (17%), and others. Standard 10% tariff remains elsewhere.Negotiations: Reports of Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan engaging or preparing to negotiate, though Trump's claims about eagerness are questioned. Japan plans a "comprehensive response."Market Impact (00:30:08): Initial $9 trillion market loss, followed by a significant S&P 500 recovery (largest since 2008, but still below January levels). Oil prices jumped, and US bond yields fell, raising debt crisis concerns. Jack emphasizes the importance of bond yields (cost of borrowing for the US government).Motivations & Consequences (00:40:07): Is it an assertion of US economic muscle? Jack notes bipartisan support for the idea (feeling the US gets the short end), but the hosts critique the erratic rollout. Potential consequences include US inflation, slowed GDP growth, and job losses.Listener Feedback (Lawrence) (00:48:04): Criticizes the "schizophrenic" messaging (tariffs fixing jobs and deficits simultaneously) and the floated (but unconfirmed by Trump admin) idea of abolishing income tax.Outlook: Potential shift towards multilateral trade negotiations among other countries.Listener Feedback: ABC Radio (00:45:51)Listener Lawrence reflects on the Jacks' previous comments about changes at ABC Radio, noting a perceived shift in their stance from wanting "new blood" to "bemoaning changes."Joel's Clarification: Concern is about management bringing in people with FM radio backgrounds lacking national broadcaster experience, not against new faces generally.Jack's Clarification: Agrees on needing turnover ("new voices") but questions the strategy of chasing a youth demographic on ABC Radio, suggesting consolidation of the existing audience is better.Social Media Censorship & Online Dangers (UK Focus) (00:51:20)UK Arrests: Report from The Times: British police making ~33 arrests daily in 2023/24 for "offensive" online posts causing "annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety" (12,183 arrests total), a 58% rise since 2019.Policing Concerns: Many arrests lead to questioning and release without charge, raising questions about efficient use of police resources. Jack mentions the decriminalization of burglary adding context.Historical Context (00:54:31): Jack traces the issue back to the late 1990s and the concept of "non-crime hate incidents" arising from the Stephen Lawrence inquiry, arguing it introduced subjectivity and inconsistency compared to investigating objective crimes. He critiques arresting people before establishing if a crime occurred.Nuance & Online Harms (00:56:40): Joel notes arrests might relate to other offenses alongside "malicious communications." While agreeing trivial cases waste resources, he highlights the dark side of social media, including severe online bullying (mentions group "764-JAC") and stalking, arguing police surveillance is needed for serious threats.Under-16 Social Media Ban (01:02:37): Joel reflects on the Albanese government's ban, admitting he initially opposed it but is reconsidering due to the severity of online harms affecting children.French Politics Update (01:03:47)Far-right leader Marine Le Pen vows presidential run, controversially comparing herself to Martin Luther King Jr. and Alexei Navalny.Jordan Bardella (29 y.o. National Rally Chairman) emerges as a potential alternative, stating he could run if Le Pen is unable. Both Jacks see this as a likely and possibly strategically better outcome for the party.Climate Action & Protests (01:06:00)Discussion on Extinction Rebellion protests (e.g., Sydney Harbour Bridge closure) and their effectiveness versus public disruption.Critique of proposed policies like banning private jets or frequent flyer taxes as unworkable and unhelpful grandstanding.Jack jokes he's the "Greta Thunberg of Hong Kong" due to his low carbon footprint (no car, little travel).Sporting RoundupCricket (01:10:00): Sheffield Shield Final recap (Victoria vs WA), WA wins due to finishing top after a draw. Historical anecdote about Bill Ponsford's marathon innings in the 1948 final. Marcus Harris's recent form (161 in Shield, 138 for Lancashire).AFL (01:19:30): Discussion on Tasmania's potential AFL team, stadium funding debates, and the Gather Round concept's success in South Australia and potential future locations.Final Listener Note & Sign Off (01:29:46)Listener CD provides follow-up on a previous discussion about Basil Zempilis, noting his uncle (Con Zempilis) was the Chief Stipendiary Magistrate for Western Australia.The Jacks wrap up Episode 109.

One of the world's leaders in human rights has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her passion for the subject, her deep desire to help people in need, and her love for the world's institutions, such as the UN, that are designed to help combat human rights abuses. Agnès Callamard is currently secretary general of Amnesty International, and was until 2021 the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions. She worked, among many others, on the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Her new book is entitled "Une enquêtrice à l'ONU", or "An investigator at the UN". She spoke to us in Perspective.

Os pais de adolescentes já andavam alarmados com a série “Adolescência”, da Netflix. Uma violação em Loures, com as imagens partilhadas na internet pelos rapazes que cometeram o crime, trouxe para a ordem do dia o debate sobre o uso de telemóveis e sobre as redes sociais. Com eleições à porta, o governo de gestão foi fazer um comíc…, perdão, uma reunião do Conselho de Ministros ao Porto. Onde? No Mercado do Bolhão. Com banho de multidão e tudo. Enquanto a campanha eleitoral entre frutas e hortaliça já está em marcha há quem insista em falar de ética. Mas como disse em tempos uma célebre vedeta televis…, perdão, filósofa: “quem tem ética, passa fome.” Em França, Marine Le Pen foi condenada, vai ter uma pulseira nova e não poderá candidatar-se ao Eliseu. Mas não se ficou: compara-se ao dissidente russo morto Alexei Navalny. Morto por quem? Pelo amigo e financiador de Marine, Vladimir Putin. E que dizer das tarifas de Trump? As bolsas de valores já começaram a pronunciar-se. O adolescente mimado que ocupa a Casa Branca está em roda livre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geoff and Anna discuss THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD by Fyodor Dostoevsky translated by David McDuff.   This is a fictionalised account of the four years Dostoevsky spent in a Siberian prison camp after he was arrested for taking part in a political conspiracy.  Sold as a novel but with the feel of a documentary, it contains fascinating details and joins a collection of Russian prison memoirs.  Other books discussed: PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM by Nelson Mandela  NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  Coming up: THE SEASON by Helen Garner Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras Substack: Books On The Go Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

Alexei Navalny was a Russian lawyer who opposed the corruption in the Russian government. He was arrested many times, had a toxic chemical sprayed in his face and nearly lost an eye, was poisoned by a military grade chemical, and spent the last 3 years of his life in jail, where he died in 2024. At the end of his life, Navalny stated the following: “I have my country and my convictions. I don't want to give up my country or betray it. If your convictions mean something you must be prepared to stand up for them and make sacrifices. I know one thing for sure, I am among the happiest 1 percent of people on the planet – those who absolutely adore their work   I have enormous support from the people Maybe we won't succeed but we have to try.” Imagine a church where many lived their convictions and were wiling to put everything on the line. In this broadcast Mike discusses the example Alexei Navalny set for us, and more.

Une plongée dans une Russie différente, une Russie d'opposants à la guerre et au régime de Vladimir Poutine et qui se battent souvent en silence et dans la solitude : c'est ce que nous propose l'écrivain russe en exil Filipp Dzyadko, petit-fils et fils de dissidents. Dans son livre Radio Vladimir (éditions Stock), il raconte les actes de résistance de ceux qui, aujourd'hui comme hier, osent s'opposer. Filipp Dzyadko est interrogé par Anastasia Becchio. RFI : Le titre de votre livre fait référence à une radio, une radio pirate d'un homme, Vladimir Roumiantsev, qui a décidé de créer sa propre radio. Vous avez entretenu une correspondance avec lui, lorsqu'il s'est retrouvé en prison.Filipp Dzyatko : Oui, c'est un homme étonnant. Il a plus de 60 ans. Il vivait seul dans la ville de Vologda. C'est une petite ville de province, située à 500 kilomètres de Moscou. Vladimir a travaillé toute sa vie dans des usines, il était ouvrier de chaufferie. Et il était lui-même issu d'une famille ouvrière. Son père a travaillé à l'usine pendant 50 ans. Il a commencé à travailler sous Staline et a terminé sa carrière sous Poutine. C'est donc un homme du peuple, un homme de la classe laborieuse.Un jour, cet homme décide qu'il n'est pas d'accord avec ce qui se passe autour de lui. Toute sa vie, il a été amoureux de la radio. Lorsque la Russie a annexé la Crimée en 2014, il a décidé qu'il ne voulait plus écouter la propagande de l'État qui était diffusée sur les ondes, et il a tout éteint dans son appartement. Et comme il le raconte, le silence s'est alors installé. Il fallait bien remplir ce vide et il a donc commandé différents composants sur internet et il a construit sa propre station de radio, dont le rayon de diffusion se cantonnait à son appartement et à plusieurs appartements voisins.Et malgré le fait que sa radio pirate était vraiment confidentielle, il a été arrêté à l'été 2022 et incarcéré. Dans votre livre, vous parlez de ces personnes, anonymes pour la plupart, qui continuent de s'opposer au régime, à la guerre. Mais dans un environnement de plus en plus répressif, comment exprimer son désaccord sans risquer de finir en prison ?C'est très dangereux, et peu de gens réalisent à quel point c'est dangereux. Dans mon livre, je parle de cette société secrète, parce que ces gens ne se connaissent pas les uns les autres. Il y a des personnes connues, comme Alexei Navalny. Cela fait plus d'un an qu'il n'est plus avec nous. Il y a aussi l'élu municipal d'opposition Alexei Gorinov, qui est un véritable héros et qui est la première personne à avoir été condamnée pour avoir dénoncé la guerre. Il est torturé en prison. Nous devons faire pression pour qu'il soit libéré. Plusieurs milliers d'autres personnes sont persécutées pour leurs opinions anti-guerre.Mais il y a aussi tous ceux qui sont impliqués dans une résistance discrète. Nous ne connaissons pas leur nombre. D'une manière générale, la Russie est, aujourd'hui, à bien des égards, une boîte noire. Ce que disent les autorités, en citant les chiffres du soutien à la guerre, est certainement un mensonge. Et nous ne savons pas vraiment ce que pense la société russe. Mais nous avons divers témoignages d'actes de résistance. C'est parfois une résistance ouverte, comme dans le cas des célèbres prisonniers politiques, mais parfois, elle est peu visible. Mais elle existe.Il y a aussi toutes ces lettres, ces milliers de lettres de soutien que reçoivent ces prisonniers politiques.Oui, écrire aux prisonniers politiques, c'est l'un des moyens de soutenir et de prendre part à cette société secrète. On peut leur écrire des courriers électroniques par l'intermédiaire du système pénitentiaire. Les prisonniers politiques racontent que c'est un soutien incroyable pour eux. Et à leur tour, ils soutiennent ceux qui sont à l'extérieur. C'est d'ailleurs un paradoxe frappant : les prisonniers politiques sont souvent beaucoup plus optimistes que les personnes qui sont à l'extérieur et qui sont déprimées du fait de cette guerre. En quelque sorte, les prisonniers politiques soutiennent ceux qui sont à l'extérieur.Vous avez quitté la Russie dès mars 2022, juste après le début de l'invasion russe à grande échelle de l'Ukraine. Vous vivez à Berlin. Comment vous sentez vous aujourd'hui ? Les deux premières années après mon départ de Russie, j'avais le sentiment que je n'avais pas le droit d'avoir des états d'âme et que je ne devais pas penser à moi. Une guerre terrible est en cours, en Russie. On enferme des prisonniers politiques derrière des barreaux, et moi, je vais penser à ma tranquillité d'esprit. C'est inconvenant. Mais ensuite, j'ai mûri et j'ai compris que pour pouvoir faire quelque chose pour les autres, il faut aussi s'occuper de soi. C'est un peu comme dans un avion : on doit d'abord mettre le masque à oxygène sur soi avant de le mettre à son enfant. Et j'ai le sentiment qu'aujourd'hui, moi, mais d'autres aussi, on met ce masque à oxygène et qu'on apprend à vivre une nouvelle vie. Cela nous apprend l'humilité. On regarde les erreurs que l'on a commises, on apprend.

Une plongée dans une Russie différente, une Russie d'opposants à la guerre et au régime de Vladimir Poutine et qui se battent souvent en silence et dans la solitude : c'est ce que nous propose l'écrivain russe en exil Filipp Dzyadko, petit-fils et fils de dissidents. Dans son livre Radio Vladimir (éditions Stock), il raconte les actes de résistance de ceux qui, aujourd'hui comme hier, osent s'opposer. Filipp Dzyadko est interrogé par Anastasia Becchio. RFI : Le titre de votre livre fait référence à une radio, une radio pirate d'un homme, Vladimir Roumiantsev, qui a décidé de créer sa propre radio. Vous avez entretenu une correspondance avec lui, lorsqu'il s'est retrouvé en prison.Filipp Dzyatko : Oui, c'est un homme étonnant. Il a plus de 60 ans. Il vivait seul dans la ville de Vologda. C'est une petite ville de province, située à 500 kilomètres de Moscou. Vladimir a travaillé toute sa vie dans des usines, il était ouvrier de chaufferie. Et il était lui-même issu d'une famille ouvrière. Son père a travaillé à l'usine pendant 50 ans. Il a commencé à travailler sous Staline et a terminé sa carrière sous Poutine. C'est donc un homme du peuple, un homme de la classe laborieuse.Un jour, cet homme décide qu'il n'est pas d'accord avec ce qui se passe autour de lui. Toute sa vie, il a été amoureux de la radio. Lorsque la Russie a annexé la Crimée en 2014, il a décidé qu'il ne voulait plus écouter la propagande de l'État qui était diffusée sur les ondes, et il a tout éteint dans son appartement. Et comme il le raconte, le silence s'est alors installé. Il fallait bien remplir ce vide et il a donc commandé différents composants sur internet et il a construit sa propre station de radio, dont le rayon de diffusion se cantonnait à son appartement et à plusieurs appartements voisins.Et malgré le fait que sa radio pirate était vraiment confidentielle, il a été arrêté à l'été 2022 et incarcéré. Dans votre livre, vous parlez de ces personnes, anonymes pour la plupart, qui continuent de s'opposer au régime, à la guerre. Mais dans un environnement de plus en plus répressif, comment exprimer son désaccord sans risquer de finir en prison ?C'est très dangereux, et peu de gens réalisent à quel point c'est dangereux. Dans mon livre, je parle de cette société secrète, parce que ces gens ne se connaissent pas les uns les autres. Il y a des personnes connues, comme Alexei Navalny. Cela fait plus d'un an qu'il n'est plus avec nous. Il y a aussi l'élu municipal d'opposition Alexei Gorinov, qui est un véritable héros et qui est la première personne à avoir été condamnée pour avoir dénoncé la guerre. Il est torturé en prison. Nous devons faire pression pour qu'il soit libéré. Plusieurs milliers d'autres personnes sont persécutées pour leurs opinions anti-guerre.Mais il y a aussi tous ceux qui sont impliqués dans une résistance discrète. Nous ne connaissons pas leur nombre. D'une manière générale, la Russie est, aujourd'hui, à bien des égards, une boîte noire. Ce que disent les autorités, en citant les chiffres du soutien à la guerre, est certainement un mensonge. Et nous ne savons pas vraiment ce que pense la société russe. Mais nous avons divers témoignages d'actes de résistance. C'est parfois une résistance ouverte, comme dans le cas des célèbres prisonniers politiques, mais parfois, elle est peu visible. Mais elle existe.Il y a aussi toutes ces lettres, ces milliers de lettres de soutien que reçoivent ces prisonniers politiques.Oui, écrire aux prisonniers politiques, c'est l'un des moyens de soutenir et de prendre part à cette société secrète. On peut leur écrire des courriers électroniques par l'intermédiaire du système pénitentiaire. Les prisonniers politiques racontent que c'est un soutien incroyable pour eux. Et à leur tour, ils soutiennent ceux qui sont à l'extérieur. C'est d'ailleurs un paradoxe frappant : les prisonniers politiques sont souvent beaucoup plus optimistes que les personnes qui sont à l'extérieur et qui sont déprimées du fait de cette guerre. En quelque sorte, les prisonniers politiques soutiennent ceux qui sont à l'extérieur.Vous avez quitté la Russie dès mars 2022, juste après le début de l'invasion russe à grande échelle de l'Ukraine. Vous vivez à Berlin. Comment vous sentez vous aujourd'hui ? Les deux premières années après mon départ de Russie, j'avais le sentiment que je n'avais pas le droit d'avoir des états d'âme et que je ne devais pas penser à moi. Une guerre terrible est en cours, en Russie. On enferme des prisonniers politiques derrière des barreaux, et moi, je vais penser à ma tranquillité d'esprit. C'est inconvenant. Mais ensuite, j'ai mûri et j'ai compris que pour pouvoir faire quelque chose pour les autres, il faut aussi s'occuper de soi. C'est un peu comme dans un avion : on doit d'abord mettre le masque à oxygène sur soi avant de le mettre à son enfant. Et j'ai le sentiment qu'aujourd'hui, moi, mais d'autres aussi, on met ce masque à oxygène et qu'on apprend à vivre une nouvelle vie. Cela nous apprend l'humilité. On regarde les erreurs que l'on a commises, on apprend.

Eric and Eliot discuss the most recent example of jackassery by the Trump Administration national security team which appears to have conducted a sensitive Principals Committee meeting on bombing the Houthis in Yemen over Signal, an unclassified commercial phone app. To discuss this and much more they also welcome Katie Stallard, the Senior Editor for Global Affairs for the New Statesman magazine in the UK. They discuss Katie's book Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, North Korea and Russia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022) and how authoritarian regimes have used the history of World War II (and in China and North Korea's case the Korean War) to shore up their legitimacy and to short circuit criticism. They discuss how, as the late Alexei Navalny suggested, the focus on the past is used to "displace thoughts about the future and questions about the present." They discuss how the interpretation of WWII has changed over the years to suit the needs and interests of the ruling clique in all these countries and the resonance of Vaclav Havel's observations that these regimes falsify everything the past, present and future and the only way to combat such mendacity is "living in truth." Finally, they discuss the disturbing resonances of these discussions about history that are now manifesting themselves in the United States. Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea: https://a.co/d/iywWYPT Katie Stallard's latest in the New Statesmen: https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2025/03/us-foreign-policy-return-of-america-first Shield of the Republic is a Bulwark podcast co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

I scheduled a meeting with my boss one cold mid-March morning in New York City. Since saving up almost $40,000, I had started to taste freedom in my morning coffee. My courage came out of nowhere. I was about to do something crazy. I was on the edge, flirting with the real world. That morning, I did the dead. I quit my full-time job.Three years have passed since that fateful morning, and this week, I hosted a party to celebrate that. As I sipped white wine with my friends, I realized that despite what the crunch of capitalism would want you to believe, I'm still here. I've survived for three years without a full-time job; I also moved to Mexico City and published a teen romance novel in the process. And in some ways, I'm thriving.This article is for anyone in the corporate world who is curious about what I've learned in the chaos of building my new career as a writer, freelancing, and fun, which I'm calling my “post-employment” era. Here, I've distilled for you the five most important professional lessons that I've never shared anywhere else, as well as the most impactful things in other categories of my life.Top Five Lessons for Post-Employment Professional Thriving

Christo Grozev is a Bulgarian investigative journalist who has spent years tracking down Russian spies and is on Vladimir Putin's wanted list. Grozev's open-source journalism exposed spies linked to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018 and Alexei Navalny in 2020. Now he is at the centre of his own sinister Kremlin plot, as a Bulgarian spy-ring was sent by Moscow to target him and planned to kidnap and kill him, before they were arrested and convicted in the UK. He speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy in this episode of Ways to Change the World ahead of the streaming release of his new documentary ‘Kill List: Hunted by Putin's Spies' - which is available on Channel 4. Produced by Silvia Maresca, Calum Fraser, Ka Yee Mak.  

John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series. Sweeney ceased working for the BBC in October 2019, and is now reporting on the war in Ukraine, as well as creating a Daily war diary. Which I strongly advise you to watch if you've not seen it. He's also been working on a film, documenting the most brutal parts of the conflict – ‘The Eastern Front', which is released in June this year.----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrashttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain/collections----------LINKS:https://www.johnsweeney.co.uk/https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroarhttps://inews.co.uk/opinion/john-sweeney-vladimir-putin-chance-1972364https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/1736357/john-sweeney-ukraine-war-vladimir-putinhttps://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/john-sweeney-ukraine-front-line/-----BOOKS:Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny (2024)Killer in the Kremlin (2023)Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in UkraineTaking on Putin with John SweeneyThe Useful IdiotThe Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of ScientologyHunting Ghislaine----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------PLATFORMS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqmLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

A special episode: Anna is joined by author and U-Go founder John Wood.  We discuss our reactions to the 2025 Women's Prize Longlist.  Our book of the week is PATRIOT by Alexei Navalny translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel. This is Navalny's autobiography detailing his rise to be a Russian opposition leader, but is also a prison diary following his arrest in January 2021.  He died in prison in February 2024. A New York Times bestseller, best book of the year (New Yorker, Atlantic, NPR) and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. We highly recommend it - essential reading. Books mentioned SO BIG by Edna Ferber DAYS IN THE CAUCASUS by Banine translated by Anne Thompson-Ahmadova RED NOTICE by Bill Browder THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE by Masha Gessen SECOND-HAND TIME by Svetlana Alexievich translated by Bela Shayevich THE TRIAL OF VALDIMIR PUTIN by Geoffrey Robertson KC TRAVELS IN SIBERIA by Ian Frazier DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN by George Saunders  Films Navalny  Coming up: WHITE NIGHTS and THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD by Fyodor Dostoevsky Follow us! John: Linkedin : John Wood www.ugouniversity.org Anna: Instagram: @ abailliekaras Substack: Books on the Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz        

When it comes to Russia, Trump's America appears on the verge of a major foreign policy U-turn. A couple of weeks ago, Trump called Zelenskyy a dictator and lyingly claimed that Ukraine had started the war. Then there was the February 28 ‘Oval Office Ambush' heard round the world. Don't forget that after years of isolating and sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Team Trump met face to face with the Russian Foreign Minister in Saudi and now appears ready to do direct business with Russia and to be actively seeking to humiliate the Ukrainians.   Despite these worrying moves, at the moment, the U-turn remains hypothetical… all words, not yet binding actions. So… how seriously should we take this perspective shift? Does the ‘Vance/Trump Oval Office Ambush' change everything? And what are the implications for Europe and its allies if America actually switches sides to support Russia long term?   To discuss this perilous moment, we're joined again by Sir Bill Browder, a successful investor, a globally acclaimed author, and a famous philanthropist/humanitarian advocate. Browder's tireless advocacy for holding dictators and their henchman to account is widely known. He was a guest on the Disorder programme in Ep 26, a few days after his friend Alexei Navalny was murdered by Putin. [NB: the interview at the core of this episode was recorded on Feb 26 before the Oval Office Trump/Zelenskyy/Vance meeting.]     Today, Jason and Sir Bill discuss the transactional nature of Trump 2.0 and the seek to work out whether the recently announced Ukraine mineral deal actually amounts to a hill of beans. Browder emphasizes the unpredictability of the situation, the moral implications of Trump's proposed U-turn.   Finally: as they Order the Disorder, Bill and Jason discuss the practicalities of how to turn confiscate currently frozen Russian assets and use them to fund Ukrainian defence.   Producer: George McDonagh Executive Producer: Neil Fearn   Subscribe to our Substack (for free, or get the PAID version to attend our March 11th event at RUSI): https://natoandtheged.substack.com/   Show Notes Links:   Jason's substack on the the Oval Office Trump/Vance ambush of Zelenskyy: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/p/he-may-not-be-a-russian-agent-but   For a podcast produced out of Kyiv and dedicated just to the War in Ukraine: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/history-in-the-making-the-war-in-ukraine/id1752915858   Watch Bloomberg Editor Javier Blas on the fact that Ukraine doesn't have any significant rare earths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nqJ6Vgetyn8&t=23s&fbclid=IwY2xjawIuZ8ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfHqQQ2oA1u0f9dwlY57utRKDAlMk3uustcJ_QaiEBTeO2Duhzu5d1guUA_aem_CogDpEa6G7WcwC-7R5q6DQ   Read the FT explainer of the US-Ukraine Mineral deal: https://www.ft.com/content/1890d104-1395-4393-a71d-d299aed448e6   Listen to our previous episode with Sir Bill Browder: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/a36160dede2b990a59c34c3c4e8eeece    Read Sir Bill's piece calling for Russian asset seizure: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14418689/UK-Europe-Russia-frozen-billions-Ukraine-noble-cause.html   And his article co-authored with a leading Ukranian lawyer, Yulia Ziskina calling for seizure of Russia's state assets: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-22/if-trump-cuts-ukraine-aid-the-west-should-seize-russian-assets   Watch United States has ‘abandoned Ukraine' | Bill Browder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImN1fFJKHIc   For more on illicit funds and foreign interference, listen to our recent episode with Peter Geoghegan: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/a7b4de27e0e05e297d97a505357d7050   Part 1 & 2 with Tom Burgis on the issue of UK's permissiveness over foreign political financing https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/e003625c25e8ce63dda398369bfea54b / https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/2ccf0f088b7679b5b053679466f6a42d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick talks to the author & reporter John Sweeney who is on the ground in KyivNick Cohen and John Sweeney discussed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the implications of Donald Trump's apparent betrayal of Ukraine - as further revealed by the despicable ambush by Donald Trump & his side kick vice-president J.D.Vance.Trump is now "Leader of the unfree world "John Sweeney talks to Nick about the current situation in Ukraine and compares the current situation there to previous historical events such as to the Hungarian uprising in 1956 and the Prague Spring in 1968. John expresses his deep concern about the betrayal of America's support for Russia. John, who is currently based in Kyiv, shared his observations about the Ukrainian people's resilience and unity behind President Zelenskyy. They also discussed the postponement of elections in Ukraine, drawing parallels with Britain's decision not to hold elections during World War 2. They discuss focus the alarming support of Russia by Trump, now touted as the leader of the "unfree world."Ukraine's growing and under-estimated military prowessJohn talks about Russia's invasion & the potential influence of Russian interference in the US political system, as well as the potential for peace talks and the role of the United States under Trump's leadership.They discuss current geopolitical situation, the potential consequences of Trump's actions, and the resilience of Ukraine in the face of adversity. John also talks of the My Room Clinic with Ukrainian soldiers, the effectiveness of Ukraine's jamming of Russia's glide bomb. Ukraine has made astonishing advances in drone technology- producing approximately 2 million a year and is stockpiling Patriot missiles for future use against potential Russian attacks. Fearing the worst of Trump and his relish for appeasement, President Biden managed to provide huge amounts of military aid before he left office.What does Putin have on Trump?John discusses the revelations and allegations of the so-called Steele dossier - compiled by former Mi6 Moscow desk chief Christopher Steele - and whether the Kremlin has blackmailed Trump into doing its bidding. John says he investigated what turn out to be - so far, at least - unsubstantiated rumours that a Putin ex-mistress later rocked up at Trump Tower where she shacked up with Trump.Read all about itJohn is a distinguished broadcaster and author. His latest book is Murder in the Gulag the explosive account of how Putin poisoned Alexei Navalny. Another of John's most recent must reads is best-seller on Putin, The Killer in the Kremlin, published by Headline Press.Nick Cohen's @NickCohen4 latest Substack column Writing from London on politics and culture from the UK and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With these issues back in the headlines, we're revisiting an important discussion with Leonid Volkov, originally recorded in 2022 at the TRACE London Forum. Leonid is the Political Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and was Alexei Navalny's former Chief of Staff. He discusses the role of corruption in Putin's Russia as well as the impact of sanctions and the toll that rampant corruption is taking on Russia.   This episode was originally published on 5 October 2022.    

In this special collab episode betweenObscuristan and The Fire These Times, Karena Avedissian and Anna are joined by Daniel Voskoboynik to discuss the life of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and what his death means for those of us not quite at the heart of the Russian empire.Obscuristan and The Fire These Times are proud members of⁠⁠ ⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠. Check out other projects in our media ecosystem: the Mutual Aid Podcast⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Politically Depressed⁠⁠,⁠⁠ and⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠. To support FTP please head out to⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Transcriptions: Transcriptions are done byAntidote Zine and will be published on The Fire These Times' transcript archive.For more:Karena Avedissian is onBlueskyObscuristan is onInstagram Daniel Voskoboynik is onBluesky and has anewsletter and awebsiteThe Fire These Times is onBluesky,IG and YouTube and has awebsite⁠ ⁠From The Periphery is on⁠Patreon⁠,Bluesky,YouTube⁠,Instagram, and has awebsite⁠Credits:Hosts: Karena Avedissian and Anna | Guest: Daniel Voskoboynik | Music: Sarven Yapar⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design:Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design:Hisham Rifai⁠ | Sound editor: Anna | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producers: Elia Ayoub and AnnaFrom The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon!The Fire These Times by Elia Ayoub is licensed underAttribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International

In this episode, the three co-hosts discuss key takeaways from the Munich Security Conference and a historic meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They also touch on the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's death, Serbia's Statehood Day, developments in Georgia, and promising news from North Macedonia.Later, Nina speaks with Konstanty Kuzma and Moritz Pfeifer, the founders and editors of the East European Film Bulletin. They discuss the historical evolution of cinema in Eastern Europe, the current state of the region's film industry, and where listeners can watch films from Eastern Europe today.In the bonus content, Konstanty and Moritz shed light on major changes in the film industry following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Listen to the bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-211-122769663Check out the East European Film Bulletin: https://eefb.org/Films and Festivals mentioned in the interview:Significant films from the region:Man with a Movie Camera – Dziga VertovDaisies – Věra ChytilováDirectors to revisit:Harutyun Khachatryan, Kira Muratova, Wojciech WiszniewskiFilms to watch for in 2025:Waves – Jiří Mádl (CZ, SK)Flow – Gints Zilbalodis (LV, BE, FR)Kontinental '25 – Radu Jude (RO, HU, DE)Człowiek do Wszystkiego – Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal (PL)Jupiter – Andrey Zvyagintsev (RU, FR, ES)Silent Friend – Ildikó Enyedi (HU, FR, DE, HK)Spetsialna Operatsiia – Oleksiy Radinsky (UA, LT)Film festivals in the region:Golden Apricot International Film Festival – Yerevan, ArmeniaKarlovy Vary International Film Festival – Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicSarajevo Film Festival – Bosnia and HerzegovinaTallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Estonia25fps Zagreb – Croatia (focusing on experimental films and arts)Specialized film festivals focusing on Eastern European cinema:GoEast Film Festival –Wiesbaden, GermanyBEAST International Film Festival – Porto, PortugalEastern Neighbours Film Festival – The Hague, NetherlandsÀ l'Est Film Festival – Rouen, FranceCinEast Film Festival – LuxembourgSouth East European Film Festival – Los Angeles, USA

Why did Yulia's husband, Alexei Navalny, return to Russia, knowing he'd be imprisoned? Is there any credible opposition to Putin left? What does the West get wrong about Putin's Russia?  TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Video Editor: Josh Smith  Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Durante años, Navalny fue el principal rival político de Vladimir Putin, pero ahora la oposición en Rusia está más débil que nunca.

US officials head to Saudia Arabia for talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine - but European leaders are not invited. Hundreds of people gather at Alexei Navalny's grave on the anniversary of his death.

durée : 00:55:56 - franceinfo: Les informés - Tous les jours, les informés débattent de l'actualité autour de Renaud Blanc.

durée : 00:16:22 - Journal de 12h30 - Un an jour pour jour après la mort d'Alexei Navalny, les hommages se multiplient. Sa veuve Ioulia Navalnaya appelle les russes à poursuivre la lutte pour une Russie "libre et pacifique". - invités : Frédéric Giraut Géographe à l'Université de Genève, Chaire Unesco en toponymie inclusive « Dénommer le Monde »

durée : 00:16:22 - Journal de 12h30 - Un an jour pour jour après la mort d'Alexei Navalny, les hommages se multiplient. Sa veuve Ioulia Navalnaya appelle les russes à poursuivre la lutte pour une Russie "libre et pacifique". - invités : Frédéric Giraut Géographe à l'Université de Genève, Chaire Unesco en toponymie inclusive « Dénommer le Monde »

Ethan, Anne, and Maggie discuss books set in, or (roughly) from, the 1970s.  Books Discussed:  The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Crime of Punishment by Karl A Menninger Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Other books mentioned: The Turner House by Angela Flournoy, Patriot by Alexei Navalny, and Wind & Truth by Brandon Sanderson. 

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, Karen Woody, and Karen Moore join the full gang to examine various issues for compliance professionals under the incoming administration. Jonathan Armstrong looks at the car crash coming for DeepSeek in the EU. He shouts out to Peter Mandelson, the new UK Ambassador to the United States. Karen Moore looks at the reframing of DEI. She shouts out about the film on September 5. Matt Kelly considers the Bondi Memo on changes in DOJ enforcement focus and mentions Alexei Navalny's memoir. Karen Woody examines the new SEC Crypto Taskforce and mentions the award-winning play Hadestown. Jonathan Marks provides a tutorial on the role of internal audit on export controls. He also shouts out to his hometown team, the Philadelphia Eagles (now the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles). Tom Fox shouts out to (conspiracy) Bill Simmons for opining that the Dallas Maverick's trade of Luka Doncic was a ploy to force the state of Texas to allow gambling in this state. The members of Everything Compliance are: Karen Woody – is one of the top academic experts at the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com Jonathan Armstrong – is an experienced compliance & technology lawyer based at Punter Southall Law in London (https://puntersouthall.law/). He adds an international focus and can be reached at Jonathan.Armstrong@puntersouthall.law. Jonathan Marks – can be reached at jtmarks@gmail.com Karen Moore – is a principal at Sounding Board Compliance and can be reached at karen.moore@soundingboardcompliance.com The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network. For more information on the Ethico Toolkit for Middle Managers, available at no charge, by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deze eerste aflevering van Moderne Profeten, Seizoen 4, gaat over Alexei Navalny, de Russische dissident, die vrij was al zat hij gevangen. Die midden in de pogingen om hem te breken kracht vond in de wijsheid van de Bergrede. Er zit ook iets iconisch in zijn lijden. Er zit een gloed over levens met moed, licht uit een andere wereld. En als je dat ziet, krijg je zelf ook moed, in je eigen omstandigheden, die je soms ook kunnen breken. Meer informatie vind je op www.moderneprofeten.nl (http://www.moderneprofeten.nl)

Nina Sanadze, a visual artist and sculptor from Melbourne, opens the Goldstone Gallery in February. The first exhibition will be the first solo show by Russian photojournalist Evgeny Feldman. It commemorates the one-year anniversary of Alexei Navalny's tragic death in a Siberian penal colony - Нина Санадзе — визуальный художник и скульптор из Мельбурна, ее большая выставка проходила в прошлом году в NGV, Национальной галерее Виктории. В феврале Нина открывает галерею Goldstone. Первой выставкой станет выставка фотожурналиста Евгения Фельдмана, который долгие годы снимал оппозиционного политика Алексея Навального.

Some Israeli ministers have threatened to resign over the agreement. Also: Imran Khan is sentenced to a further 14 years in prison. And a Russian court jails Alexei Navalny's three lawyers.

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the trial of the three lawyers who represented deceased opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Questa è la puntata di Capodanno di Globo, in cui raccontiamo come sono andate a finire alcune delle storie di Globo del 2023.Per farlo, siamo tornati a sentire alcuni degli ospiti che sono stati a Globo quest'anno. In questa puntata speciale ci sono: Francesco Costa sugli Stati Uniti, Anna Zafesova sulla Russia, Irene Panozzo sul Sudan, Anna Momigliano su Israele, Tonia Mastrobuoni sulla Germania, Matteo Miavaldi sull'India, Monica Ellena sulla Georgia. Questo e gli altri podcast gratuiti del Post sono possibili grazie a chi si abbona al Post e ne sostiene il lavoro. Se vuoi fare la tua parte, abbonati al Post. Le loro puntate sono: – Perché Trump ha vinto?, con Francesco Costa  – La morte e la vita di Alexei Navalny, con Anna Zafesova  – La guerra dimenticata in Sudan, con Irene Panozzo  – Israele non si vuole fermare, con Anna Momigliano  – La Germania non vuole spendere, con Tonia Mastrobuoni  – Narendra Modi ha vinto male, con Matteo Miavaldi  – La putinizzazione della Georgia, con Monica Ellena  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of The Front originally aired on February 20. It's presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. He was the Russian dissident who dared to call Vladimir Putin a criminal. We step inside Alexei Navalny’s last days in an Arctic prison camp.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and writer. He worked for The Observer newspaper, and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series. Sweeney ceased working for the BBC in October 2019, and is now reporting on the war in Ukraine, as well as creating a Daily war diary. Which I strongly advise you to watch if you've not seen it. He's also been working on a film, documenting the most brutal parts of the conflict – ‘The Eastern Front', which is released in June this year. ---------- SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's frontline towns. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain/collections ---------- LINKS: https://www.johnsweeney.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar https://inews.co.uk/opinion/john-sweeney-vladimir-putin-chance-1972364 https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/1736357/john-sweeney-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/john-sweeney-ukraine-front-line/ ----- BOOKS: Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny (2024) Killer in the Kremlin (2023) Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Taking on Putin with John Sweeney The Useful Idiot The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology Hunting Ghislaine ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The FT's books of the year special is out, and today, our literary editor Fred Studemann and outgoing deputy books editor Laura Battle join us one last time to talk about their top picks of 2024. This year has seen some huge releases from authors including Sally Rooney, Miranda July, Alexei Navalny, Al Pacino and Salman Rushdie. What trends did Fred and Laura notice this year? What books did they love? -------As you know, the show is ending in early January – we're still collecting your cultural questions. What's rolling around in your head? How can we help? Email Lilah at lilahrap@ft.com or message her on Instagram @lilahrap.-------Links (all FT links get you past the paywall): – Books we mentioned: Orbital by Samantha Harvey; Patriot by Alexei Navalny; All Fours by Miranda July; Haunted Wood by Sam Leith; Rosarita by Anita Desai; There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak; Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David van Reybrouck; A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown; Killing Time by Alan Bennett; Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli; Hope by Pope Francis (2025); and Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2025)– The FT Books of the Year are out now! Here is a roundup of the FT's top columnists and editors' book recommendations for 2024, including Fred's top picks. Laura's fiction picks are here.– Food, drink and travel books are here. Music books here. Art and design books are here. Check out the full guide for more (paywall)Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of high-profile memoirs that reveal the complex lives of two vastly different, widely influential people: Patriot, by Alexei Navalny, and Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russia's longtime foreign minister describes the war with the United States and how to end it. (00:00) Is the US at War With Russia? (12:56) Russia's Message to the West Through Hypersonic Weapons (17:47) Is There Conversation Happening Between Russia and the US? (23:18) How Many Have Died in the Ukraine/Russia War? (28:21) What Would It Take To End the War? (36:11) What Happened to Alexei Navalny? (39:45) Boris Johnson Wants the War to Continue (45:43) Sanctions on Russia (56:31) The Chinese/Russian Alliance (1:02:18) Who Is Making Foreign Policy Decisions in the US? (1:05:05) Biden Pushes the US Toward Nuclear War Before Trump Takes Office (1:08:52) What's Happening in Syria? (1:13:08) Lavrov's Thoughts on Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have a comment? Send us a text! (We read all of them)In this conversation, host Will Wright and guest William Nee engage with Mark Clifford, who discusses his book 'The Troublemaker' about Jimmy Lai, a prominent pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong. The discussion covers Lai's life, his journey from an immigrant to a billionaire entrepreneur, and his commitment to freedom and democracy in Hong Kong. The conversation also delves into the unique political landscape of Hong Kong, the vibrant media scene before the crackdown, and the impact of protests on the fight for democracy. The parallels between Jimmy Lai and other global pro-democracy figures, such as Alexei Navalny, are also explored. In this conversation, Mark L Clifford discusses the resilience and bravery of Jimmy Lai, a prominent pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong. He explores the Chinese government's fear of independent media and voices, the impact of Lai's arrest on the pro-democracy movement, and the evolution of Lai's spiritual journey, particularly his conversion to Catholicism. Clifford emphasizes the ingrained desire for freedom among the people of Hong Kong and the importance of media in advocating for democracy. He also reflects on the potential future of Lai's cause and the broader implications for political prisoners in Hong Kong.Buy the Book: The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic  https://a.co/d/7CJ2mXjGuest Bio:MARK L. CLIFFORD is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, the former executive director of the Asia Business Council, and a former board member at Next Digital. He is editorial chair of the Asian Review of Books, and served as editor in chief of both English-language papers in Hong Kong, The Standard and the South China Morning Post. An honors history graduate of UC Berkeley and a Walter Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University, he holds a Ph.D. in Hong Kong history from the University of Hong Kong. "The Faith Roundtable" is a captivating spinoff from the Faithful Politics podcast, dedicated to exploring the crucial issues facing the church in America today. Hosted by Josh Burtram, this podcast brings together faith leaders, theologians, and scholars for deep, respectful discussions on topics at the heart of American Christianity. From the intersection of faith and public life to urgent matters such as social justice and community engagement, each episode offers insightful conversations Support the showTo learn more about the show, contact our hosts, or recommend future guests, click on the links below: Website: https://www.faithfulpoliticspodcast.com/ Faithful Host: Josh@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Political Host: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.com Twitter: @FaithfulPolitik Instagram: faithful_politics Facebook: FaithfulPoliticsPodcast LinkedIn: faithfulpolitics Subscribe to our Substack: https://faithfulpolitics.substack.com/

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a Siberian prison this past February–and in his diary entries, Navalny wrote that he knew he might not make it out alive. Those diaries are part of Navalny's new memoir, Patriot, published posthumously with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. The book details some of Navalny's darkest moments in his fight for a more democratic Russia, but also showcases the leader's characteristic humor. In today's episode, Navalnaya joins NPR's Ari Shapiro to talk about a pivotal conversation between the couple during a prison visit, the duality of her late husband's personality as a serious politician and an ordinary family man, and taking up the mantle of the Russian opposition movement after Navalny's death.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In today's Hot Topics, the co-hosts weigh in on the vice president taking the stage for a CNN town hall after former Pres. Trump turned down a second debate. Hasan Minhaj talks getting real on his beefs with therapy and dog owners in his new special, “Off With His Head," and reminds everyone to call their mom! The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya joins to discuss how she's continuing her husband's fight for justice, her message to American voters and how she's sharing Navalny's life story in his posthumous memoir, “Patriot.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Jane and Fi complaints box has been well and truly opened. They tackle your rants, seedy tomatoes, scams and Trump. Plus, Fi speaks to Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, the anticorruption activist poisoned and murdered by the Kremlin, about her husband's memoir 'Patriot'. Our next book club pick has been announced! 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep' by Joanna Cannon. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfiPodcast Producer: Eve SalusburyExecutive Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, Yulia Navlanaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is Rachel Maddow's special guest.

In his posthumous memoir, Patriot, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote - "If they do finally whack me, the book will be my memorial."Though his voice has fallen silent, his wife Yulia Navalnaya is sharing his message. She now leads the movement her husband started, fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

The leaves are falling, and that's a sure sign of the book fair rolling into your schools. And if you're lucky, a local bookstore is giving you a taste of the book fair you remember fondly from your youth, but making it fun for your adult self. This week we're reminiscing about the book fair, talking facts about the beginning of the Scholastic Book Fair, and of course sharing all about our upcoming public school book fairs and our adult Boozy Book Fair! We've got bookseller Bailey on the podcast to talk about everything she has prepped and it's a fun one full of nostalgia.  Note: In the episode Amanda begins discussing the story of the Minotaur, Ariadne, and who unalives who... You can read about the myth here.    Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Last Murder At the End of the World by Stuart Turton & Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs by Luis Elizondo Amanda's Currently Reading |  What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci & Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson Bailey's Currently Reading | Lady Audley's Secret by M.E. Braddon  Books coming out this week: Hot Mess: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Patriot by Alexei Navalny, & Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret: A Festive Mystery by Benjamin Stevenson Don't miss author Neal Stephenson at Dog-Eared Books on Sunday, October 27, at 6 PM. Get your tickets HERE. ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

Reporting from the Appalachian Mountains, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi surveys one of the hardest hit areas of Hurricane Helene, a category four storm that tore through six states more than three weeks ago. Alfonsi visits communities in rural western North Carolina where the search for the missing goes on as most residents endure life without water, electricity, communications, and passable roads. All are attempting to rebuild - most have no insurance. Months after anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, now the leading figure of his political movement, speaks with correspondent Lesley Stahl in her first U.S. interview about her late husband's posthumous memoir. Navalnaya discusses the book, Navalny's last act of defiance against the Kremlin, which chronicles his final three years behind bars under often brutal conditions, believed to be ordered by Russian president Vladimir Putin. She details his clandestine operation for penning the memoir inside a high-security prison and then smuggling it out, why the couple decided to return to Russia after Navalny was poisoned, and her daring campaign for justice in the wake of his death. Correspondent Jon Wertheim travels to Door County, Wisconsin, a bucolic coastal community where political party loyalty is up for grabs and residents have successfully voted for the winning candidate in every presidential election this century. Door County is the only swing state county with this distinction. Wertheim travels to Door County to get to know its residents and look for the mystery voter who's voted both Republican and Democrat successfully in every election since 2000. Bill Whitaker reports from Germany's Baltic Coast on the bombing of the Cap Arcona, a little-known human tragedy in the closing days of World War II in Europe. Once a luxurious German ocean liner, the Cap Arcona was commandeered by the Nazis and, at war's end, turned into a floating concentration camp. Thousands of prisoners were killed in the aerial attack. Whitaker interviews historians and Holocaust survivors who witnessed the bombing to bring this largely overlooked chapter of history to light. This is a double-length segment.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In February, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison camp. Navalny was Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic, an anti-corruption crusader who became a political threat to Putin's nearly quarter-century rule. Shepherded by his wife, Yulia, Navalny's memoir is being published posthumously. Amna Nawaz met with Yulia Navalnaya to discuss her husband's life and his work for his memoir, "Patriot." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

We ask whether Israel is now implementing the so-called generals plan - the mass expulsion of civilians and the creation of a military zone in the north? The World Food programme says no food has been able to enter northern Gaza since October the first. The Hamas-run health ministry says forty nine Palestinians have been killed in the north in the past twenty four hours. We hear from Gaza's Civil Defence and from our correspondent in Beirut.Also on the programme: How the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny foretold his death in prison in diaries he wrote while detained; and the blessing scam - cash to protect your loved ones from evil spirits.(Picture: Palestinians flee areas in northern Gaza Strip following fresh Israeli evacuation order Credit: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

Summary Neil Bradbury (Website, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss the deadly history of poison and espionage. Neil is an author and biochemist.   What You'll Learn Intelligence How different poisons affect the human body  The usage of poisons as a covert assassination method The deaths of defectors Alexander Litvinenko and Georgi Markov The Soviet Union's Lab X and the production and research of poisons on the state level Reflections The double edge of creativity  The necessity for research and experimentation And much, much more … Quotes of the Week “In order to counteract lots of the poisons, you have to know how they work, and you have to be able to develop your own. So, yes, undoubtedly, Western governments are just as actively involved in creating these chemicals and also the antidotes to them.” – Dr. Neil Bradbury. Resources  SURFACE SKIM *Spotlight Resource* A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury (St. Martin's Press, 2022)  *SpyCasts* The Murder of an IRA Spy with Henry Hemming (2024) I Helped Solve the Final Zodiac Killer Cipher with David Oranchak (2024)  The North Korean Defector with Former DPRK Agent Kim, Hyun Woo (2023) Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East vs. West with Calder Walton (2023) DEEPER DIVE Books Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners, B. Hubbard (Welbeck Publishing, 2020) Poison: A History: An Account of the Deadly Art and its Most Infamous Practitioners, J. Davis (Chartwell Books, 2018) The KGB's Poison Factory: From Lenin to Litvinenko, B. Volodarsky (Zenith Press, 2010)  Primary Sources  Press Release on the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny (2020) Update on the Use of Nerve Agent in Salisbury, UK (2018) The Litvinenko Inquiry (2016) Situation Report on Piesteritz (1953) Analysis of Madame Lefarge's Arsenic Trial (1840) *Wildcard Resource* This week's companion song can only be Waterloo Sunset (1967) by The Kinks.  Heralded as one of the most beautiful songs of the swingin' sixties, “Waterloo Sunset” is appropriately incorporated into the title of Neil's chapter on the assassination of Georgi Markov, which took place on London's Waterloo Bridge.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russian dissident activists and scholars Ilya Budraitskis and Grusha Gilayeva last spoke to us after the Marxist critic Boris Kagarlitsky lost his appeal and was sent to a penal colony on a trumped-up charge of “justifying terrorism.” A few days later, Alexei Navalny died. Suzi talks to Ilya and Grusha to get their views about the complex multi-prisoner swap that happened at the start of this month and what it represents.Kremlin spies, sleepers, and killers imprisoned in the west were exchanged for prisoners held in Russia's penal colonies, including Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, British-Russian Vladimir Kara Murza, and Russians Ilya Yashin, Oleg Orlov and others. Sixteen have been exchanged. More than a thousand are still in prison. Millions remain in Russia. Of the Russian prisoners, Ilya Yashin was forcibly removed from Russia and exchanged against his will. Vladimir Kara Murza has vowed to return to Russia. We'll hear more about the politically courageous Russians who were held (and now exchanged) for speaking out against Putin's savage war in Ukraine like Yashin, Orlov, and Kara Murza. We'll also ask what it means for Putin: will he continue to hold hostage human “assets” to be exchanged? Does the timing of the exchange signal Putin favors a Harris presidency over another Trump term?Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman features conversations with leading thinkers and activists, with a focus on labor, the economy, and protest movements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday, July 10th 2024Democratic Senators have sent a referral to the DoJ asking Merrick Garland to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate Clarence Thomas; we have learned why Trump appointed Alaska Judge Kindred resigned two days ago; the White House debunks the press corps and New York times reporting about the neurologist visiting the White House; Josh Hawley announces he's a Christian Nationalist; the NRA CFO has agreed to a ten year ban and a $2M in a settlement with NYAG Tish James; Putin has issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Promo Codes:Get 18 Free Meals, plus Free Shipping on your first box, and Free Dessert for Life, at HomeChef.com/DAILYBEANS. Must be an active subscriber to receive free dessert.Netroots Nation is in Baltimore, July 11-13. Go to netrootsnation.org  and type NN24Partner in the promo box for 10% off your ticket. Stories:https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-03-Letter-to-AG-Garland-re-Special-Counsel-FINAL.pdfNRA's ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still owes $2M for role in lavish spending scheme | AP NewsWH letter re: Dr, CannardRussian court orders arrest of Yulia NavalnayaJudicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 22-90121 From The Good Newshttps://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-25-2024 Live Show Ticket Links:https://allisongill.com (for all tickets and show dates)Wednesday July 10th – Portland OR – Polaris Hall(with Dana!) - SOLD OUTThursday July 11th – Seattle WA – The Triple Door(with Dana!) - SOLD OUTThursday July 25th Milwaukee, WI https://tinyurl.com/Beans-MKESunday July 28th Nashville, TN - with Phil Williams https://tinyurl.com/Beans-TennWednesday July 31st St. Louis, MO https://tinyurl.com/Beans-STLFriday August 16th Washington, DC - with Andy McCabe, Pete Strzok, Glenn Kirschner https://tinyurl.com/Beans-in-DCSaturday August 24 San Francisco, CA https://tinyurl.com/Beans-SF Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/OrPatreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts