Podcasts about Anna Politkovskaya

In this second episode of a special two-part series, host Sandra Abrams chats with Maxine Peake about her portrayal of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian-American journalist, in the film Words of War. Maxine shares what it was like to play the real life reporter, wife, and mother of two who risked her life to uncover the truth about the Chechen War. Anna was assassinated on October 7, 2006, the same day as Vladimir Putin's birthday. The international cast for this geo-political thriller includes Ciaran Hinds as her editor, Dimtry, Jason Isaacs as her husband, Sasha, Harry Lawtey as her son, Ilya, and Naomi Battrick as her daughter, Vera. Maxine says she loved filming on location in Latvia and shares which scene she and Jason did some improvising. Sean Penn serves as executive producer. The film is now in theaters. Part one of this series (episode 97) features Mark Maxey, President of Rolling Pictures, WIFV board member, and one of the producers of the film. To learn more about Words of War, visit: https://www.rollingpictures.com/You can watch the film's trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pui6KMbHECM#WordsOfWar---Subscribe to learn more about filmmaking, production, media makers, creator resources, visual storytelling, and every aspect that brings film, television, and video projects from concepts to our screens. Check out the MediaMakerSpotlight.com show page to find even more conversations with industry professionals that inspire, educate, and entertain!We on the Women in Film & Video (WIFV) Podcast Team work hard to make this show a great resource for our listeners, and we thank you for listening!

In this first episode of a special two-part series, host Sandra Abrams chats with Mark Maxey, WIFV board member and producer of a new geo-political thriller, WORDS OF WAR. The film tells the story of Russian-American journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated on October 7, 2006 for uncovering the truth about the Chechen War. The film opens in theaters on May 2, the day before United Nations' World Press Freedom Day. The all-star cast includes Maxine Peake as Anna, Ciaran Hinds as her editor, Dmitry, and Jason Isaacs as her husband, Sasha. Oscar-winner Sean Penn and Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) serve as executive producers. In their conversation, Mark shares why this film is so timely to what is happening today when the world seeks to hold the powerful accountable for crimes against humanity. He also gives insight into how Sean Penn joined the film as executive producer. Part two will feature lead actress, Maxine Peake and will be released on May 11th. To learn more about Words of War, visit: https://www.rollingpictures.com/You can watch the film's trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pui6KMbHECM#WordsOfWar#WorldPressFreedomDay---Subscribe to learn more about filmmaking, production, media makers, creator resources, visual storytelling, and every aspect that brings film, television, and video projects from concepts to our screens. Check out the MediaMakerSpotlight.com show page to find even more conversations with industry professionals that inspire, educate, and entertain!We on the Women in Film & Video (WIFV) Podcast Team work hard to make this show a great resource for our listeners, and we thank you for listening!

Galina Ackerman is Editor in Chief at Desk Russia, and is a French writer, historian, journalist, translator, and researcher at the University of Caen, specializing in Ukraine and Post-Soviet states. She was also a translator for the Russian journalist murdered by the Putin regime, Anna Politkovskaya. Galia was born into a Russian Jewish family and holds a doctorate in history from the University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne. In 1998, Galia translated into French 'Chernobyl Prayer' by Svetlana Alexievich, a book about the Chernobyl disaster. While working on the translation, she travelled to the poisoned territories called the 'Zone' (short for Chernobyl Exclusion Zone) and interviewed local people who had witnessed the nuclear catastrophe at first hand. ---------- LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galia_Ackerman https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galia_Ackerman https://x.com/GaliaAckerman https://x.com/DeskRussie https://www.linkedin.com/in/galina-ackerman-8305b790/ ---------- BOOKS: L'Ukraine: Atlas géopolitique d'une idée européenne Edizione Francese | di Philippe Lemarchand, Galina Ackerman, e al. (2023) ---------- ARTICLES: https://desk-russie.eu/auteur/galia-ackerman https://desk-russie.info/2024/05/23/giorgi-gakharia-this-law-serves-russian-interests.html https://desk-russie.info/2024/05/12/comrade-putins-sexennial-plan.html https://desk-russie.info/2024/05/10/the-quarrels-of-the-russian-opposition.html https://desk-russie.info/2024/04/22/the-russian-state-in-the-face-of-terrorism.html ---------- 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.

It's not only in the movies where it's hard to tell sometimes if behavior is heroic or reckless, inspired or foolhardy. Aleksei Navalney gave his life to oppose authoritarian rule in Russia -- but might he not have lived on in exile and done more? Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange went on trial fighting extradition to the US where he faces espionage changes that could put in behind bars -- where he's already spent years. Does he deserve that or is he really a journalistic hero fighting government secrecy? Evan Gershkovich. Daniel Pearl, Anna Politkovskaya all risked safety and their lives for what they thought was right. How much risk do we take for our ideals? Anti-corruption investigator Drew Sullivan  and journalist Rosemary Armao dissect heroism and the difference between patriotism, vainglory, activism and journalism.

Bogi Ágústsson , Eyrún Magnúsdóttir og Þórunn Elísabet Bogadóttir ræddu örlög þeirra sem hafa sett sig upp á móti Vladimír Pútín Rússlandsforseta. Alexei Navalny hefur bæst í hóp þeirra sem hafa dáið beint eða óbeint vegna andstöðunnar við forsetann. Á Vesturlöndum er litið svo á að Navalny hafi verið myrtur að undirlagi Pútíns. Í hópi þeirra Rússa sem handlangarar Pútíns hafa myrt eru meðal annarra Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya, Sergei Magnitsky, Boris Nemtsov og Jevgení Prígósjín. Þá ræddu þau í lokin um skýrslu sænsku öryggislögreglunnar SÄPO um ógnanir við Svíþjóð. Þar segir að mest hætta stafi af Rússlandi, Kína og Íran. Charlotte von Essen, yfirmaður SÄPO, sagði að friði væri ógnað og ástandið yrði alvarlegt í fyrirsjáanlegri framtíð. Grænlenska landsstjórnin í gær utanríkis-öryggis- og varnarmálastefnu og þar kemur meðal annars fram að stefnt skuli að aukinni samvinnu við Norður-Ameríku og Ísland. Þetta er stefnumótun til næsta áratugar og að henni standa allir flokkar á þingi nema einn, Naleraq.

The head of Gaza's biggest hospital says nearly one-hundred-and eighty people are being buried in a mass grave there, after it ran out of power. We speak to former state department official Aaron David Miller about how staunch support for Israel is amongst its allies. Also in the programme: One of Anna Politkovskaya's killers is pardoned; and using AI to predict the weather. (Picture: Republican Senator of Ohio JD Vance speaks during a news conference held by Republican Senators in support of the immediate passage of an aid package to Israel. Credit: Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Eftir innrásina í Úkraínu hefur verið hert enn frekar að fjölmiðlafrelsi í Rússlandi og í sérstakri hættu eru þeir sem fjalla um hernað Rússlandshers í Úkraínu. Allir stærstu sjálfstætt starfandi fjölmiðlarnir hafa flutt starfsemi sína úr landi. Dagný Hulda ræddi við rússnesku fréttakonuna Sofiu Rusova, sem einnig er formaður stéttarfélags blaðamanna og starfsmanna fjölmiðla. Hún leiðir okkur í allan sannleika um fjölmiðlalandslagið þarna, sem er ekki nýtt af nálinni. Það var til tæmis tekið hart á þeim blaðamönnum sem fjölluðu um hernað Rússa í Tétsníu um síðustu aldamót. Sex blaðamenn eins stærsta dagblaðs landsins hafa verið myrtir. Og ein þeirra var Anna Politkovskaya sem var skotin til bana við heimili sitt í Moskvu þennan dag, 7. október, fyrir sautján árum. Dagurinn sem er einnig afmælisdagur Vladimírs Pútíns. Næstum fimm mánaða verkfalli handritshöfunda í kvikmyndum og sjónvarpið er nýlokið og náðu þeir ýmsum umbótum fram. Umbæturnar voru til að bregðast við breytingum sem hafa átt sér stað í dreifingu efnisins. En samningurinn er líklegur til að hafa mun víðtækari áhrif og jafnvel umbylta því umhverfi sem kvikmyndir og sjónvarpsefni eru framleidd í núna. Hallgrímur Indriðason skoðar þetta með aðstoð Sigurjóns Sighvatssonar, sem lengi var framleiðandi í Hollywood. Umsjónarmenn þáttarins eru Birta Björnsdóttir og Bjarni Pétur Jónsson.

Eftir innrásina í Úkraínu hefur verið hert enn frekar að fjölmiðlafrelsi í Rússlandi og í sérstakri hættu eru þeir sem fjalla um hernað Rússlandshers í Úkraínu. Allir stærstu sjálfstætt starfandi fjölmiðlarnir hafa flutt starfsemi sína úr landi. Dagný Hulda ræddi við rússnesku fréttakonuna Sofiu Rusova, sem einnig er formaður stéttarfélags blaðamanna og starfsmanna fjölmiðla. Hún leiðir okkur í allan sannleika um fjölmiðlalandslagið þarna, sem er ekki nýtt af nálinni. Það var til tæmis tekið hart á þeim blaðamönnum sem fjölluðu um hernað Rússa í Tétsníu um síðustu aldamót. Sex blaðamenn eins stærsta dagblaðs landsins hafa verið myrtir. Og ein þeirra var Anna Politkovskaya sem var skotin til bana við heimili sitt í Moskvu þennan dag, 7. október, fyrir sautján árum. Dagurinn sem er einnig afmælisdagur Vladimírs Pútíns. Næstum fimm mánaða verkfalli handritshöfunda í kvikmyndum og sjónvarpið er nýlokið og náðu þeir ýmsum umbótum fram. Umbæturnar voru til að bregðast við breytingum sem hafa átt sér stað í dreifingu efnisins. En samningurinn er líklegur til að hafa mun víðtækari áhrif og jafnvel umbylta því umhverfi sem kvikmyndir og sjónvarpsefni eru framleidd í núna. Hallgrímur Indriðason skoðar þetta með aðstoð Sigurjóns Sighvatssonar, sem lengi var framleiðandi í Hollywood. Umsjónarmenn þáttarins eru Birta Björnsdóttir og Bjarni Pétur Jónsson.

Welcome to the ninth edition of our Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas. My guest today is Tetyana Sokolova, a professional midwife of 40 years at Mariupol Maternity Hospital No. 2, on the left bank of Mariupol near Azovstal, the industrial plant that became a centre of resistance against the Russian invaders. On 9 March, the city's Maternity Hospital No. 3 was bombed by Russian aircraft and the whole world watched with horror pictures of the destroyed building and Ukrainian soldiers' desperate attempts to save the life of a pregnant woman, as she lay on a stretcher among the ruins.Three pregnant women from the rubble of Maternity Hospital No. 3 were brought to Tetyana and her team of midwives, For her work, her resilience and her bravery under the most difficult of conditions, Tetyana was awarded the international Anna Politkovskaya prize, named in honour of the murdered journalist.My questions1. Where were you when you realised that Russia had invaded Ukraine? What was your reaction and what were your first thoughts?2. You went to work on 2 March. Did you waver at all in your decision? After all, it was less than a week since the war had started. What made you to go to work that day?3. Tell us about the events of 9 March and how they impacted you personally.4. You have worked in Mariupol all your professional life - what made you become a midwife?5. Could you ever have imagined that you would be an eyewitness to alleged war crimes?6. How did you escape from Mariupol?7. Where do you live now?8. Do you cherish hopes of returning to Mariupol one day? 10. Were you surprised to be awarded the Anna Politkovskaya prize? Did you know about her before?

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

The collapse of the USSR was relatively bloodless. The Chechen Wars were not. A tiny nation on the edge of Russia, Chechnya brought one of the largest armies in the world to its knees. Elena Pedigo Clark, Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars (Academic Studies Press, 2023) examines significant works about these wars by some of Russia's leading contemporary war authors, including Anna Politkovskaya, Arkady Babchenko, and Zakhar Prilepin. Combining close reading of the texts with descriptions of the authors' social and political activities and suggestions on how to teach these challenging authors and texts, Trauma and Truth traces the psychological effects of the wars on their participants, and concludes with a discussion of what this means for Russia today. Jeff Bachman is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

We are thrilled to bring you this special episode with Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer, filmmaker and refugee advocate Behrouz Boochani. The episode includes conversations Kate had with Behrouz in Aotearoa at Verb Wellington and in Naarm, Melbourne ahead of his sold out event at The Wheeler Centre. At Behrouz's request, Kate also spoke to his translators and collaborators Omid Tofighian & Moones Mansoubi about how they work together, the making of the new book Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani and the current situation in Iran.  We feel very lucky to have had this opportunity to speak to Boochani, Tofighian & Mansoubi about their work to bring the stories of Manus Prison to the global community.  Associate Professor Behrouz Boochani graduated from Tarbiat Moallem University and Tarbiat Modares University, both in Tehran; he holds a Masters degree in political science, political geography and geopolitics. Moones Mansoubi is a translator and Community Arts and Cultural Development worker based in Sydney. Her work is dedicated mainly to supporting and collaborating with migrants and people seeking asylum in Australia. Omid Tofighian is an award winning lecturer, researcher and community advocate. His publications include the translation of Boochani's award winning No Friend But the Mountains: Writings from Manus Prison. Boochani was a writer for the Kurdish language magazine Werya; is Associate Professor in Social Sciences at UNSW; non-resident Visiting Scholar at the Sydney Asia Pacific Migration Centre (SAPMiC), University of Sydney; Honorary Member of PEN International; and winner of an Amnesty International Australia 2017 Media Award, the Diaspora Symposium Social Justice Award, the Liberty Victoria 2018 Empty Chair Award, and the Anna Politkovskaya award for journalism. He publishes regularly with The Guardian, and his writing also features in The Saturday Paper, Huffington Post, New Matilda, The Financial Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. Boochani is also co-director (with Arash Kamali Sarvestani) of the 2017 feature-length film Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time; and collaborator on Nazanin Sahamizadeh's play Manus. Boochani's book, No Friend But The Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature in addition to the Nonfiction category. He has also won the Special Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the Australian Book Industry Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year, and the National Biography Prize. It has been published in 18 languages in 23 countries and is currently being adapted for both stage and screen. Behrouz has been appointed adjunct associate professor in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of NSW and visiting professor at Birkbeck Law School at the University of London. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years. In November 2019 Behrouz escaped to New Zealand. He now resides in Wellington, New Zealand. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

In the second part of this series we discuss Putin's first years in office, in particular the Moscow apartment bombings and the Moscow theater hostage crisis. Both events were blamed on Chechen militants despite overwhelming evidence of state involvement.This episode picks up in Putin's first term as president, which almost immediately was overshadowed by the Moscow apartment bombings, which were blamed on Chechen terrorists despite all signs pointing to the KGB / FSB. The FSB had recently acquired large quantities of hexogen, an explosive found at the scene. Composite sketches of a suspect were circulated by police and local press, and then erased from existence at the behest of the FSB when they decided upon a suspect: Chechen rebellion leader Achemez Gochiyaev. Please become a patron if you enjoy our content and want to support us, you'll get all of our public episodes ad-free. Key to investigating the FSB's links to these bombings were three people we have mentioned before, former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, former media oligarch Boris Berezovsky, and reporter Anna Politkovskaya, all of whom have since been murdered by Russian intelligence or mobsters since that time. If you want to read more on this subject, we recommend Blowing Up Russia by Litvinenok and Russian historian Yuri Felshtinsky, as well as From Russia With Blood by Heidi Blake. 1, 2 Following the bombings, the Moscow theater crisis was another event in which the FSB was complicit in killing Russian civilians and blaming the carnage on Chechen militants. An entire theater was taken hostage leading to a multi-day seige from Russian police and military, after which the FSB gassed the theater, killing indiscriminately both hostage-takers and hostages alike. It seems that the lone "Chechen militant" escapee from the crisis, Khanpasha Terkibayev, was kicked out of dozens of local Chechen resistance organizations, because everyone in his home region suspected him of being an informant for the FSB. 1. Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky, Blowing Up Russia, Encounter Books, March 2007. ⇤2. Heidi Blake, From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West, Mulholland Books, November 2019. ⇤

Ukrainian forces have made advances, liberating cities and villages in the area. There are allegations that hundreds of people may have died at the hands of Russian troops when they were in charge. Also on the programme; the Chinese president Xi Jinping has been meeting Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan, their first face to face talks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. And the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has lost its license to publish online in Russia. The late journalist Anna Politkovskaya wrote for that paper and its editor in chief, Dmitry Muratov, was awarded the Nobel peace prize last year. (Picture: Destroyed military vehicles abandoned by Russian forces line the roads of Balakliya, near Kharkiv in Ukraine. Credit: Getty Images)

After the Toyota Land Cruiser Daria Dugina was driving exploded on a road 20 miles west of Moscow and burst into flames, Russia has opened a murder investigation into her assassination.According to TASS, When Dugina "turned onto the Mozhaiskoye road near the village of Bolshiye Vyazemi, there was an explosion, the car caught fire immediately. Forensic experts, investigators and experts in explosive engineering are inspecting the scene and they have found or concluded that approximately 400 grams of TNT were used to cause the explosion. If you like our content please become a patron to get our premium episodes and our public episodes ad-free. 1 Daria's father is Alexander Dugin, a right wing extremist and ultranationalist, is the figure who “inspired” and advised Putin to invade Ukraine. He helped lay the ideological foundation for Putin's invasion of Ukraine and is referred to as “Putin's brain” or “the architect of the Ukraine invasion”. He allegedly is Putin's spiritual advisor, based on his roots in the orthodox church. 2 Darya Dugina's father invented the concept of Eurasianism – a new flavor of fascism. He is to Putin what Steve Bannon / Alex Jones is to Trump. In March 2022, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Daria Dugina for her contribution to an article on the United World International website suggesting that Ukraine would "perish" if it is admitted to NATO. Dugina was UWI's chief editor. She also claimed that the atrocities of Bucha were American propaganda, chosen because of the phonological similarity to "butcher," a word she linked to US President Biden calling Putin a "butcher" earlier in March. 3 We are considering three theories regarding who's behind the assassination of Darya Dugina, based on one simple question: who stands to gain from her death? Ukraine did it – we explain why that is not the case, in fact this is the last thing Ukraine would do An inside Russian opposition faction did it to destabilize Putin's regime and cause unrest – this theory doesn't hold water either in our opinion. Putin's FSB did it, on his orders as he did with the Moscow apartment bombings, the Moscow theater hostage crisis, Litvinenko, Boris Nemtsov and Anna Politkovskaya. What would Putin stand to gain? Re-energizing popular support for his continued invasion of Ukraine A pretext to escalate tragedies in Ukraine A pretext to justify those war crimes and attacks, as being payback or a response to this assassination – to his people and to the western leaders, United Nations etc Creating a martyr, a new symbol to galvanize the troops An opportunity for him to make some strong worded statements, to come out as a powerful, strong leader who has to double down on killing Ukrainians to keep his own people safe Lastly, a great opportunity to use the grieving father, Aleksandr Dugin, the architect of the war in Ukraine, as a megaphone for his propaganda serving his political goals. Episode #DubiMeter 9.5 1. Russia Opens Murder Investigation After Blast Kills Daughter of Putin Ally. New York Times. August 2022. ⇤2. Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington, Jonny Hallam and Tara John. Car bomb kills daughter of 'spiritual guide' to Putin's Ukraine invasion. CNN. August 2022. ⇤3. Annabelle Timsit and Rachel Pannett. A Putin ally's daughter was killed near Russia's capital. Washington Post. August 2022. ⇤

We discuss Russia's escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine, and similar tactics used previously in Syria and Chechnya.Putin has committed crimes against humanity before. With no real repercussions from the West. If you like our content, please subscribe to our premium episodes. During the Chechen wars, the West was not as outraged as now, because the victims were predominantly Muslim and world leaders at the time still believed Putin was fighting a war “against terror”. It was proved by journalists like Anna Politkovskaya and former FSB officer turned dissident Alexander Litvinenko that was in fact Putin who planned the now infamous Moscow apartment bombings of 1999 as a pretext to start a war with Chechnya. For a more detailed account, listen to our Putin's Rise to Power – Part 2 premium episode. 1, 2 We discuss verified reports of executions, sexual assault, torture, shelling of children hospitals, maternities, and blocks of flats, as well as other horrors emerging from Bucha, Borodyanka, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Lviv, Irpin and Odessa. The number of civilian casualties just in Mariupol alone is estimated to exceed 20,000. They are rounding up Ukrainian civilians into camps and many people are “disappeared”. They have even killed dogs and their puppies. As Russia regroups to prepare for the Donbas battle, they are giving a new meaning to “scorched earth”. We go through a brief history of war crimes, and we will analyze the current situation, the West's reaction and what's coming next: General Alexander Dvornikov aka the Butcher of Syria and the Battle of Donbas. 3 Lviv University is the alma mater of the two lawyers who came up with the legal concepts of prosecutions at Nuremberg for genocide and crimes against humanity. Raphael Lemkin introduced the term ‘genocide' in international law and Hersch Lauterpacht coined ‘crimes against humanity' into international law. Putin is winning in Russia. He's losing internationally but he's winning at home, his popularity ratings inside Russia are 83%. On April 11, Putin arrested Vladimir Kara-Murza. The FSB has poisoned kara-Murza twice already. He's now in prison just Alexei Navalny, not likely to be released soon. A 13 km long Russian convoy is approaching Donbas. On the international scene Russia has been kicked out of the UN Human rights Council but not from the Security Council. The US is sending $750 M in military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine also has Bayraktar drones from Turkey. Finland and Sweden move closer to NATO membership. 4 1. Patrice Taddonio, What an ‘Unhinged' Meeting Reveals About Vladimir Putin's War on Ukraine, PBS, March 2022. ⇤2. Greg Myre, Russia's Wars in Chechnya Offer a Grim Warning of What Could Be in Ukraine, NPR, March 2022. ⇤3. Pjotr Sauer, Hundreds of Ukrainians Forcibly Deported to Russia, Say Mariupol Women, The Guardian, April 2022. ⇤4. Ben Arris, Editor in Chief, BNE Intellinews. ⇤

Lauren W. will be co-hosting this non-fiction quarter of Reading Envy Russia. We share books we have already read and freely recommend, and also chat about the piles and shelves of books we are considering. Let us know your recommendations and where you hope to start in the comments, or join the conversation in Goodreads.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 244: 2nd Quarter - Russian Non-Fiction Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books we can recommend: Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me: The Best of Teffi by TeffiSecondhand Timeby Svetlana AlexievichThe Unwomanly Face of Warby Svetlana AlexievichLast Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Pevear & VolokhonskyZinky Boysby Svetlana AlexievichVoices of Chernobyl (also titled Chernobyl Prayer) by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Keith GessenOther Russias by Victoria Lomasko, translated by Thomas CampbellThe Future is History by Masha Gessen Never Rememberby Masha Gessen, photography by Misha FriedmanWhere the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen Pushkin's Children by Tatyana Tolstaya The Slynx by Tatyana TolstayaImperium by Ryszard Kapucinski, translated by Klara GlowczewskaA Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy by Deborah McDonald and Jeremy DronfieldPutin Country by Anne GarrelsLetters: Summer 1926 by Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Rainer Maria Rilke Sovietistan by Erika Fatland The Commissar Vanishes by David King Gulag by Anne Applebaum The Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum The Magical Chorus by Solomon Volkov, translated by Antonina Bouis  Shostaskovich and Stalin by Solomon Volkov The Tiger by John Vaillant Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut Please to the Table by Anya von Bremzen Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen Books we are considering: All Lara's Wars by Wojchiech Jagielski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesGulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Eric Ericson (there is a unabridged 1800+ pg, and an author approved abridged version, 400-some pages) Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg, translated by Paul Stevenson, Max Hayward Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov, translated by John GladRiot Days by Maria AlyokhinaSpeak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov The Life Written by Himself by Avvakum Petrov My Childhood by Maxim Gorky Teffi: A Life of Letters and Laughter by Edythe Haber Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam, tr. Max Hayward The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin Putin's Russia: life in a failing democracy by Anna Politkovskaya ; translated by Arch Tait. A Russian diary: a journalist's final account of life, corruption, and death in Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya Notes on Russian Literature by F.M. DostoevskyThe Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece by Kevin Birmingham The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin BirminghamLess than One: Selected Essays by Joseph Brodsky Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li The Border by Erika Fatland Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson Red Plenty by Francis Spufford Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder The Last Empire: Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii PlokhyThe Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii PlokhyChernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii PlokhyNuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii PlokhyMan with the Poison Gun: a Cold War Spy Story by Serhii PlokhyBabi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoly Kuznetsov, tr. David Floyd Manual for Survival: An Environmental History of the Chernobyl Disaster by Kate Brown Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Kate BrownA Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland by Kate BrownOctober: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia by Peter Pomerantsev Across the Ussuri Kray by Vladimir Arsenyev, translated by Slaght An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army by Vasily GrossmanThe Road by Vasily GrossmanStalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and Depraved of Chernobyl by Markiyan Kamysh Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia by David Greene Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & beyond by Olia HerculesRed Sands by Caroline EdenBlack Sea by Caroline Eden Tasting Georgia by Carla Capalbo  Other mentions:PEN list of writers against PutinNew Yorker article about Gessen siblings Thanksgivukkah 2013  League of Kitchens - Uzbek lessonLeague of Kitchens - Russian lessonMasha Gessen on Ezra Klein podcast, March 2022Related episodes:Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) Episode 084 - A Worthy Tangent with Bryan Alexander Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold Episode 237 - Reading Goals 2022Episode 243 - Russian Novel Speed Date Stalk us online:Reading Envy Readers on Goodreads (home of Reading Envy Russia)Lauren at GoodreadsLauren is @end.notes on InstagramJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. You can see the full collection for Reading Envy Russia 2022 on Bookshop.org.

A cura di Daniele Biacchessi La Rai decide di far ritornare a Mosca i suoi corrispondenti, ma in Russia l'informazione non sta vivendo momenti di gloria. La giornalista russa Marina Ovsyannikova, che ha manifestato la sua contrarietà all'invasione dell'Ucraina, esponendo un cartello in diretta durante l'edizione serale del telegiornale di Canale Uno, dice oggi di avere molta paura, e che nel suo Paese è in corso un lavaggio del cervello della propaganda. Da ieri vengono sospese le pubblicazioni di Novaya Gazeta, il più importante quotidiano indipendente russo, diretto dal premio Nobel per la Pace Dmitry Muratov. Si tratta di una testata storica, nota al mondo per gli articoli di denuncia della reporter d'inchiesta Anna Politkovskaya, poi assassinata nell'ottobre 2006. Il giornale aveva già rimosso gli approfondimenti dal suo sito, per conformarsi a una nuova legge che punisce fino a 15 anni di carcere chi pubblica notizie sulla guerra in contrasto con la linea del governo guidato da Vladimir Putin. E un nuovo avvertimento dal regolatore statale di comunicazioni Roskomnadzor ha indotto l'editore a fermare ogni pubblicazione. Questa censura senza riserve da parte di Putin viene accompagnata da un desiderio contagioso di controllare l'informazione. In Russia, i media indipendenti hanno lottato per molti mesi, nonostante le intense pressioni, contro le accuse e le cifre errate delle autorità, per ritrarre la realtà della pandemia di Covid-19. Mosca ha finalmente riconosciuto, alla fine di dicembre 2021, un bilancio delle vittime del coronavirus più di tre volte superiore al conteggio ufficiale. Non contente di aver cancellato gli articoli pubblicati su Internet ai sensi della legge sulla disinformazione, entrata in vigore nel 2019, le autorità russe hanno ulteriormente esteso la propria applicazione con emendamenti. E con l'invasione dell'Ucraina le cose sono peggiorate. Parte anche da qui, da una maggiore libertà di stampa, la presa di coscienza di pezzi consistenti di popolazione russa che non ha accesso oggi a fonti in dipendenti. _________________________________________ "Il Corsivo" a cura di Daniele Biacchessi non è un editoriale, ma un approfondimento sui fatti di maggiore interesse che i quotidiani spesso non raccontano. Un servizio in punta di penna che analizza con un occhio esperto quell'angolo nascosto delle notizie di politica, economia e cronaca. Per i notiziari sempre aggiornati ascoltaci sul sito: https://www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra App gratuita: iOS - App Store - https://apple.co/2uW01yA Android - Google Play - http://bit.ly/2vCjiW3 Resta connesso e segui i canali social di Giornale Radio: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giornaleradio.fm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giornaleradio.tv/?hl=it Twitter: https://twitter.com/giornaleradiofm

A cura di Daniele Biacchessi La Rai decide di far ritornare a Mosca i suoi corrispondenti, ma in Russia l'informazione non sta vivendo momenti di gloria. La giornalista russa Marina Ovsyannikova, che ha manifestato la sua contrarietà all'invasione dell'Ucraina, esponendo un cartello in diretta durante l'edizione serale del telegiornale di Canale Uno, dice oggi di avere molta paura, e che nel suo Paese è in corso un lavaggio del cervello della propaganda. Da ieri vengono sospese le pubblicazioni di Novaya Gazeta, il più importante quotidiano indipendente russo, diretto dal premio Nobel per la Pace Dmitry Muratov. Si tratta di una testata storica, nota al mondo per gli articoli di denuncia della reporter d'inchiesta Anna Politkovskaya, poi assassinata nell'ottobre 2006. Il giornale aveva già rimosso gli approfondimenti dal suo sito, per conformarsi a una nuova legge che punisce fino a 15 anni di carcere chi pubblica notizie sulla guerra in contrasto con la linea del governo guidato da Vladimir Putin. E un nuovo avvertimento dal regolatore statale di comunicazioni Roskomnadzor ha indotto l'editore a fermare ogni pubblicazione. Questa censura senza riserve da parte di Putin viene accompagnata da un desiderio contagioso di controllare l'informazione. In Russia, i media indipendenti hanno lottato per molti mesi, nonostante le intense pressioni, contro le accuse e le cifre errate delle autorità, per ritrarre la realtà della pandemia di Covid-19. Mosca ha finalmente riconosciuto, alla fine di dicembre 2021, un bilancio delle vittime del coronavirus più di tre volte superiore al conteggio ufficiale. Non contente di aver cancellato gli articoli pubblicati su Internet ai sensi della legge sulla disinformazione, entrata in vigore nel 2019, le autorità russe hanno ulteriormente esteso la propria applicazione con emendamenti. E con l'invasione dell'Ucraina le cose sono peggiorate. Parte anche da qui, da una maggiore libertà di stampa, la presa di coscienza di pezzi consistenti di popolazione russa che non ha accesso oggi a fonti in dipendenti. _________________________________________ "Il Corsivo" a cura di Daniele Biacchessi non è un editoriale, ma un approfondimento sui fatti di maggiore interesse che i quotidiani spesso non raccontano. Un servizio in punta di penna che analizza con un occhio esperto quell'angolo nascosto delle notizie di politica, economia e cronaca. Per i notiziari sempre aggiornati ascoltaci sul sito: https://www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra App gratuita: iOS - App Store - https://apple.co/2uW01yA Android - Google Play - http://bit.ly/2vCjiW3 Resta connesso e segui i canali social di Giornale Radio: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giornaleradio.fm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giornaleradio.tv/?hl=it Twitter: https://twitter.com/giornaleradiofm

A cura di Daniele Biacchessi La Rai decide di far ritornare a Mosca i suoi corrispondenti, ma in Russia l'informazione non sta vivendo momenti di gloria. La giornalista russa Marina Ovsyannikova, che ha manifestato la sua contrarietà all'invasione dell'Ucraina, esponendo un cartello in diretta durante l'edizione serale del telegiornale di Canale Uno, dice oggi di avere molta paura, e che nel suo Paese è in corso un lavaggio del cervello della propaganda. Da ieri vengono sospese le pubblicazioni di Novaya Gazeta, il più importante quotidiano indipendente russo, diretto dal premio Nobel per la Pace Dmitry Muratov. Si tratta di una testata storica, nota al mondo per gli articoli di denuncia della reporter d'inchiesta Anna Politkovskaya, poi assassinata nell'ottobre 2006. Il giornale aveva già rimosso gli approfondimenti dal suo sito, per conformarsi a una nuova legge che punisce fino a 15 anni di carcere chi pubblica notizie sulla guerra in contrasto con la linea del governo guidato da Vladimir Putin. E un nuovo avvertimento dal regolatore statale di comunicazioni Roskomnadzor ha indotto l'editore a fermare ogni pubblicazione. Questa censura senza riserve da parte di Putin viene accompagnata da un desiderio contagioso di controllare l'informazione. In Russia, i media indipendenti hanno lottato per molti mesi, nonostante le intense pressioni, contro le accuse e le cifre errate delle autorità, per ritrarre la realtà della pandemia di Covid-19. Mosca ha finalmente riconosciuto, alla fine di dicembre 2021, un bilancio delle vittime del coronavirus più di tre volte superiore al conteggio ufficiale. Non contente di aver cancellato gli articoli pubblicati su Internet ai sensi della legge sulla disinformazione, entrata in vigore nel 2019, le autorità russe hanno ulteriormente esteso la propria applicazione con emendamenti. E con l'invasione dell'Ucraina le cose sono peggiorate. Parte anche da qui, da una maggiore libertà di stampa, la presa di coscienza di pezzi consistenti di popolazione russa che non ha accesso oggi a fonti in dipendenti. _________________________________________ "Il Corsivo" a cura di Daniele Biacchessi non è un editoriale, ma un approfondimento sui fatti di maggiore interesse che i quotidiani spesso non raccontano. Un servizio in punta di penna che analizza con un occhio esperto quell'angolo nascosto delle notizie di politica, economia e cronaca. Per i notiziari sempre aggiornati ascoltaci sul sito: https://www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra App gratuita: iOS - App Store - https://apple.co/2uW01yA Android - Google Play - http://bit.ly/2vCjiW3 Resta connesso e segui i canali social di Giornale Radio: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giornaleradio.fm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giornaleradio.tv/?hl=it Twitter: https://twitter.com/giornaleradiofm

He's one of the most recognized people in the world and perhaps for all the wrong reasons.  Vladimir Putin rose through the ranks of the KGB during the Soviet era, and then quickly shot up the ladder of the Russian government to become its President.  He's currently invading neighboring country, Ukraine, and the world seems to have had about enough of his crap.  Putin has never been cast as an angel, but with his record of humanitarian issues, corruption, and power-hungry decisions, he seems to be fitting the bill quite nicely as a devil.  What could have happened in his life to cause him to turn out the way he has?  What could be at the root of his desire to punish those who don't see eye to eye with him?  We'll dive into this and much more in this episode of AHC Podcast.       Music Credits: Dar Golan Royalty free Russian music - free instrumental music for personal or commercial use - Copyright free. You can use this music for personal or commercial use.   You can download this track and many more right here: https://dargolan-free.com       Citations: Statista Research Department, S. R. D. (2022, March 2). Putin approval rating Russia 2021. Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia/ Chapter One - Brookings Institution. Who is Mr. Putin? (n.d.). Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Chapter-One-1.pdf Dowling, T. (2020, March 23). Putin: A russian spy story review – 'schoolyard thug' who became an unstoppable leader. Putin: A Russian Spy Story review – 'schoolyard thug' who became an unstoppable leader. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/23/putin-a-russian-spy-story-review-schoolyard-thug-who-became-an-unstoppable-leader Hjelmgaard, K., & Nemtsova, A. (2022, February 19). A life on the world stage, but scant biographical details: What we know of the life of Vladimir Putin. USA Today. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/02/19/putin-biography/6830111001/ Hoffman, D. (2000, January 30). Putin's Career Rooted in Russia's KGB. The Washington Post. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/russiagov/putin.htm Ioffe, J. (2017, January 13). How blackmail works in Russia. The Atlantic. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/01/kompromat-trump-dossier/512891/ Nazaryen, A. (2022, March 6). 'capable of anything': How the '99 apartment bombings explain Putin's rise and regime. 'Capable of anything': How the '99 apartment bombings explain Putin's rise and regime. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://news.yahoo.com/putin-1999-apartment-bombings-ukraine-175001959.html Rosenberg, S. (2019, December 17). The man who helped make ex-KGB officer Vladimir Putin a president. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50807747 Thrush, G. (2009, September 21). Yeltsin drunk. in his underwear. hailing a cab. POLITICO. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2009/09/yeltsin-drunk-in-his-underwear-hailing-a-cab-021553 U.S. crude oil first purchase price (dollars per barrel). (n.d.). Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=f000000__3&f=m Walsh, N. P. (2003, June 23). Putin pulls plug on last critical TV channel. The Guardian. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/23/media.russia Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, March 21). Alexander Litvinenko. Wikipedia. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, March 22). Anna Politkovskaya. Wikipedia. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, March 26). Vladimir Putin. Wikipedia. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Wilson, J. (2016, March 11). Here's a list of Putin critics who've ended up dead. Business Insider. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-people-putin-is-suspected-of-assassinating-2016-3 York, C. C. of N. (2000, July 28). U.S.-Russia relations: Quest for stability. U.S.-Russia Relations: Quest for Stability. Retrieved March 26, 2022, from https://usrussiarelations.org/2/timeline/after-the-fall/68

Uzair talks to Dr. Margarita Konaev about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what prompted Putin to invade now, and the risks of urban warfare in the heart of Europe. Dr. Margarita Konaev is a Research Fellow at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) interested in military applications of AI and Russian military innovation. Previously, she was a Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute at West Point, a post-doctoral fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House. Her research on international security, armed conflict, non-state actors and urban warfare in the Middle East, Russia and Eurasia has been published by a whole host of publications, including the Journal of Strategic Studies, the Journal of Global Security Studies. Reading Recommendations: - A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya by Anna Politkovskaya

On February 24th the world watched in horror as the Russian military started its invasion of Ukraine.In this episode we are discussing all the things that led to Putin's war on Ukraine, the west's lax attitude and response, and Ukraine's fight for freedom and acceptance in the EU over the past three decades. Latest developments at the time of recording are of course discussed as well. If you enjoy our episodes, please subscribe. Historical and geopolitical context is key to understanding the current tragedy unfolding under our eyes. We start off with The Budapest Memorandum of 1994 when, after the fall of the USSR, Ukraine was assured by the US, UK and Russia that its territorial sovereignty would be protected as long as they gave up their nuclear warheads. 1 Next we discuss The Orange Revolution of 2004, when the Ukrainian people organized nationwide protests in support of fair elections after Russian tampering, and the poisoning of candidate Viktor Yushchenko by Russian intelligence. He almost died and remained disfigured. We also discuss how the protest movements of this time in led to similar uprisings in support of elections in other countries in the region such as Moldova and Belarus, and how all of this led to similar protests within Russia itself in 2011, and Putin's personal feud with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 2 Then we discuss the Revolution of Dignity following the elections of 2010, in which the Russian-favored candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, was elected to the presidency of Ukraine, leading to another round of protests and a violent response from the state police and military. We also go over the subsequent Russian annexation of Crimea, and failure (again) of western countries and NATO to live up to their assurances made in the 1994 agreement that saw Ukraine stripped of nuclear weapons. 3 In addition to all of this we discuss the specifics of no-fly zones and how Russia has evaded them in the past, for example during the recent Syrian conflict. Also the firings of Ukranian officials at the behest of US presidents, such as the "Trump phone call" from 2019 to current Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and the overlap between GOP and Ukranian right-wing campaign advisors, Paul Manafort for example. We also discuss the persecution of Russian dissidents Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya who were all killed by Russian intelligence agents while living in London. 4 This is a multi-part series, in the next episode we'll discuss the devastation from the invasion in Mariupol, Kharkhiv, Kherson. Irpin, Kyiv and other Ukranian cities, and the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 incident. 1. Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, December 1994. ⇤2. Ukraine's Ex-president on Being Poisoned, BBC, April 2018. ⇤3. Revolution of Dignity, Maidan Museum. ⇤4. David Cenciotti, Syrian Mig-29 Fulcrums Escorted the 28 Russian Jets... Hiding Under Cargo Planes, The Aviationist, September 2015. ⇤

Qué está pasando en Rusia? ¿Qué se esconde bajo la aparente normalidad, refrendada por la comunidad internacional, del gobierno de Putin? Este libro es una valiente denuncia de la terrible situación que vive la antigua Unión Soviética sometida a la ambición del presidente Vladimir Putin. Según Anna Politkovskaya, Vladimir Putin -un producto perfecto del KGB- es un eslabón más de la cadena de nefastos dirigentes que ha padecido Rusia durante el último siglo. Su reelección en 2003 significó el retorno a un Estado controlado por los Servicios de Seguridad y a una neosovietización del régimen actual. En este gran reportaje, la autora examina la represión en el ejército, los entresijos de la corrupción judicial, el poder de las nuevas mafias, la dureza de la vida cotidiana de la ciudadanía rusa, el auge de los nuevos capitalistas o la conversión de Chechenia en el nuevo enemigo necesario tras la guerra fría. Politkovskaya acaba analizando dos ejemplos claros de mala gestión y negligencia de Putin: la solución del secuestro masivo en el teatro Dubrovka (donde la autora fue mediadora) y la tragedia del colegio de Beslán. Escrito con la habilidad narrativa y la contundencia en la investigación periodística que caracteriza el trabajo de Anna Politkovskaya, este libro es una descripción y una denuncia, ante la opinión pública mundial, del rostro más perverso del nuevo poder en Rusia.https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A1P0HKGH39IBZ3&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dany-mac-pherson/support

This week we are diving into the assassination of Russian Alexander Litvinenko. One of President Putin's biggest critics and threats. Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security service who escaped prosecution in Russia and received political asylum in the United Kingdom. In his books, Blowing up Russia: Terror from Within and Lubyanka Criminal Group, Litvinenko described Russian president Vladimir Putin's rise to power as a coup d'état organized by the FSB.    He alleged that a key element of the FSB's strategy was to frighten Russians by bombing apartment buildings in Moscow and other Russian cities. He accused Russian secret services of having arranged the Moscow theater hostage crisis, through their Chechen agent provocateur, and having organised the 1999 Armenian parliament shooting. He also claimed that the terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri was under FSB control when he visited Russia in 1997. Upon his arrival in London, he continued to support the Russian oligarch in exile, Boris Berezovsky, in his media campaign against the Russian government. Just two weeks before his death, Litvinenko accused Putin of ordering the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya. SPONSORS: PodDecks: www.poddecks.com - PromoCode Larry21 for 10% off your order Hunt A Killer: www.huntakiller.com - Promo Code TCNS for 20% off your first box DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS. Follow Us on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truecrimeneversleepspodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/truecrimens IG: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimeneversleepspodcast If you like our content, consider becoming a financial supporter: Buy Us A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/tcns Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/truecrimeneversleeps

Reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The two won the prize for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where journalists have faced continuing pressure, attacks and even murder.周五，菲律宾记者玛丽亚·雷萨和俄罗斯记者德米特里·穆拉托夫获得了 2021 年诺贝尔和平奖。两人因在记者面临持续压力、袭击甚至谋杀的国家争取言论自由而获奖。Berit Reiss-Andersen chairs the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She said the two were awarded "for their courageous fight for freedom of expression" in their countries.Berit Reiss-Andersen 担任挪威诺贝尔委员会主席。她说，两人因在各自国家“为言论自由而进行的勇敢斗争”而获奖。Reiss-Andersen added, "They are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions," She added, "Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda."Reiss-Andersen 补充说：“在一个民主和新闻自由面临越来越不利条件的世界中，他们是所有捍卫这一理想的记者的代表，”她补充说，“自由、独立和基于事实的新闻有助于保护反对滥用权力、谎言和战争宣传。”Maria RessaRessa is the first winner of a Nobel prize in any field from the Philippines.Ressa 是菲律宾第一位在任何领域获得诺贝尔奖的人。The Nobel committee noted that, in 2012, Ressa co-founded Rappler. The news website has centered critical attention on what the Nobel committee called President Rodrigo Duterte's “controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign” in the Philippines. Rappler has also shown how social media is being used to spread false news and attack opponents.诺贝尔委员会指出，2012 年，Ressa 与他人共同创立了 Rappler。新闻网站将批评的注意力集中在诺贝尔委员会称之为菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的“有争议的、凶残的禁毒运动”上。Rappler 还展示了社交媒体如何被用来传播虚假新闻和攻击对手。Ressa was found guilty last year of libel and sentenced to jail. In August, a Philippine court dismissed the case. Ressa said she hopes the Nobel Peace prize will help investigative journalism “that will hold power to account.”雷萨去年因诽谤罪被判入狱。8 月，菲律宾法院驳回了此案。雷萨说，她希望诺贝尔和平奖能够帮助“能够追究责任”的调查性新闻。Dmitry MuratovDmitry Muratov is the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Gorbachev used some of his prize money to help what would become Novaya Gazeta newspaper. The money went toward buying office equipment and computers.德米特里·穆拉托夫 (Dmitry Muratov) 是自 1990 年苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫 (Mikhail Gorbachev) 以来第一位获得诺贝尔和平奖的俄罗斯人。戈尔巴乔夫用他的部分奖金资助了后来的《新公报》(Novaya Gazeta) 报纸。这笔钱用于购买办公设备和电脑。Muratov was one of the founders of Novaya Gazeta. The Nobel committee called the publication “the most independent newspaper in Russia today.” The committee praised the paper for providing Russians with important information “rarely mentioned by other media.”穆拉托夫是新报的创始人之一。诺贝尔委员会称该出版物为“当今俄罗斯最独立的报纸”。委员会称赞该报为俄罗斯人提供了“其他媒体很少提及”的重要信息。Muratov dedicated his award to six Novaya Gazeta journalists who were murdered for their reporting on human rights violations and corruption. He said, "Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova - these are the people who have today won the Nobel Prize.”穆拉托夫将他的奖项献给了六名因报道侵犯人权和腐败行为而被谋杀的《新报》记者。他说：“Igor Domnikov、Yuri Shchekochikhin、Anna Politkovskaya、Stas Markelov、Anastasia Baburova、Natasha Estemirova——这些人是今天获得诺贝尔奖的人。”The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that 17 media workers were killed in the Philippines over the past 10 years. Twenty-three were killed in Russia, the group reported.保护记者委员会报告说，在过去 10 年里，菲律宾有 17 名媒体工作者被杀。据该组织报道，有 23 人在俄罗斯丧生。The French group Reporters without Borders, or RSF, has worked with Ressa and Muratov to defend journalism in their countries. RSF noted, “This prize is a great signal a very powerful message to defend journalism everywhere.”法国无国界记者组织 (RSF) 与 Ressa 和 Muratov 合作，捍卫他们国家的新闻业。RSF 指出，“这个奖项是一个很好的信号，是一个非常有力的信息，可以捍卫世界各地的新闻业。”Reiss-Andersen told Reuters that she believes the awards will force leaders of both the Philippines and Russia “to defend the present situation." She added, "I am curious how they will respond.”Reiss-Andersen 告诉路透社，她相信这些奖项将迫使菲律宾和俄罗斯的领导人“捍卫当前局势。”她补充说，“我很好奇他们将如何回应。”

Reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The two won the prize for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where journalists have faced continuing pressure, attacks and even murder.周五，菲律宾记者玛丽亚·雷萨和俄罗斯记者德米特里·穆拉托夫获得了 2021 年诺贝尔和平奖。两人因在记者面临持续压力、袭击甚至谋杀的国家争取言论自由而获奖。Berit Reiss-Andersen chairs the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She said the two were awarded "for their courageous fight for freedom of expression" in their countries.Berit Reiss-Andersen 担任挪威诺贝尔委员会主席。她说，两人因在各自国家“为言论自由而进行的勇敢斗争”而获奖。Reiss-Andersen added, "They are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions," She added, "Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda."Reiss-Andersen 补充说：“在一个民主和新闻自由面临越来越不利条件的世界中，他们是所有捍卫这一理想的记者的代表，”她补充说，“自由、独立和基于事实的新闻有助于保护反对滥用权力、谎言和战争宣传。”Maria RessaRessa is the first winner of a Nobel prize in any field from the Philippines.Ressa 是菲律宾第一位在任何领域获得诺贝尔奖的人。The Nobel committee noted that, in 2012, Ressa co-founded Rappler. The news website has centered critical attention on what the Nobel committee called President Rodrigo Duterte's “controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign” in the Philippines. Rappler has also shown how social media is being used to spread false news and attack opponents.诺贝尔委员会指出，2012 年，Ressa 与他人共同创立了 Rappler。新闻网站将批评的注意力集中在诺贝尔委员会称之为菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的“有争议的、凶残的禁毒运动”上。Rappler 还展示了社交媒体如何被用来传播虚假新闻和攻击对手。Ressa was found guilty last year of libel and sentenced to jail. In August, a Philippine court dismissed the case. Ressa said she hopes the Nobel Peace prize will help investigative journalism “that will hold power to account.”雷萨去年因诽谤罪被判入狱。8 月，菲律宾法院驳回了此案。雷萨说，她希望诺贝尔和平奖能够帮助“能够追究责任”的调查性新闻。Dmitry MuratovDmitry Muratov is the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Gorbachev used some of his prize money to help what would become Novaya Gazeta newspaper. The money went toward buying office equipment and computers.德米特里·穆拉托夫 (Dmitry Muratov) 是自 1990 年苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫 (Mikhail Gorbachev) 以来第一位获得诺贝尔和平奖的俄罗斯人。戈尔巴乔夫用他的部分奖金资助了后来的《新公报》(Novaya Gazeta) 报纸。这笔钱用于购买办公设备和电脑。Muratov was one of the founders of Novaya Gazeta. The Nobel committee called the publication “the most independent newspaper in Russia today.” The committee praised the paper for providing Russians with important information “rarely mentioned by other media.”穆拉托夫是新报的创始人之一。诺贝尔委员会称该出版物为“当今俄罗斯最独立的报纸”。委员会称赞该报为俄罗斯人提供了“其他媒体很少提及”的重要信息。Muratov dedicated his award to six Novaya Gazeta journalists who were murdered for their reporting on human rights violations and corruption. He said, "Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova - these are the people who have today won the Nobel Prize.”穆拉托夫将他的奖项献给了六名因报道侵犯人权和腐败行为而被谋杀的《新报》记者。他说：“Igor Domnikov、Yuri Shchekochikhin、Anna Politkovskaya、Stas Markelov、Anastasia Baburova、Natasha Estemirova——这些人是今天获得诺贝尔奖的人。”The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that 17 media workers were killed in the Philippines over the past 10 years. Twenty-three were killed in Russia, the group reported.保护记者委员会报告说，在过去 10 年里，菲律宾有 17 名媒体工作者被杀。据该组织报道，有 23 人在俄罗斯丧生。The French group Reporters without Borders, or RSF, has worked with Ressa and Muratov to defend journalism in their countries. RSF noted, “This prize is a great signal a very powerful message to defend journalism everywhere.”法国无国界记者组织 (RSF) 与 Ressa 和 Muratov 合作，捍卫他们国家的新闻业。RSF 指出，“这个奖项是一个很好的信号，是一个非常有力的信息，可以捍卫世界各地的新闻业。”Reiss-Andersen told Reuters that she believes the awards will force leaders of both the Philippines and Russia “to defend the present situation." She added, "I am curious how they will respond.”Reiss-Andersen 告诉路透社，她相信这些奖项将迫使菲律宾和俄罗斯的领导人“捍卫当前局势。”她补充说，“我很好奇他们将如何回应。”

Reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The two won the prize for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where journalists have faced continuing pressure, attacks and even murder.周五，菲律宾记者玛丽亚·雷萨和俄罗斯记者德米特里·穆拉托夫获得了 2021 年诺贝尔和平奖。两人因在记者面临持续压力、袭击甚至谋杀的国家争取言论自由而获奖。Berit Reiss-Andersen chairs the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She said the two were awarded "for their courageous fight for freedom of expression" in their countries.Berit Reiss-Andersen 担任挪威诺贝尔委员会主席。她说，两人因在各自国家“为言论自由而进行的勇敢斗争”而获奖。Reiss-Andersen added, "They are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions," She added, "Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda."Reiss-Andersen 补充说：“在一个民主和新闻自由面临越来越不利条件的世界中，他们是所有捍卫这一理想的记者的代表，”她补充说，“自由、独立和基于事实的新闻有助于保护反对滥用权力、谎言和战争宣传。”Maria RessaRessa is the first winner of a Nobel prize in any field from the Philippines.Ressa 是菲律宾第一位在任何领域获得诺贝尔奖的人。The Nobel committee noted that, in 2012, Ressa co-founded Rappler. The news website has centered critical attention on what the Nobel committee called President Rodrigo Duterte's “controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign” in the Philippines. Rappler has also shown how social media is being used to spread false news and attack opponents.诺贝尔委员会指出，2012 年，Ressa 与他人共同创立了 Rappler。新闻网站将批评的注意力集中在诺贝尔委员会称之为菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的“有争议的、凶残的禁毒运动”上。Rappler 还展示了社交媒体如何被用来传播虚假新闻和攻击对手。Ressa was found guilty last year of libel and sentenced to jail. In August, a Philippine court dismissed the case. Ressa said she hopes the Nobel Peace prize will help investigative journalism “that will hold power to account.”雷萨去年因诽谤罪被判入狱。8 月，菲律宾法院驳回了此案。雷萨说，她希望诺贝尔和平奖能够帮助“能够追究责任”的调查性新闻。Dmitry MuratovDmitry Muratov is the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990. Gorbachev used some of his prize money to help what would become Novaya Gazeta newspaper. The money went toward buying office equipment and computers.德米特里·穆拉托夫 (Dmitry Muratov) 是自 1990 年苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫 (Mikhail Gorbachev) 以来第一位获得诺贝尔和平奖的俄罗斯人。戈尔巴乔夫用他的部分奖金资助了后来的《新公报》(Novaya Gazeta) 报纸。这笔钱用于购买办公设备和电脑。Muratov was one of the founders of Novaya Gazeta. The Nobel committee called the publication “the most independent newspaper in Russia today.” The committee praised the paper for providing Russians with important information “rarely mentioned by other media.”穆拉托夫是新报的创始人之一。诺贝尔委员会称该出版物为“当今俄罗斯最独立的报纸”。委员会称赞该报为俄罗斯人提供了“其他媒体很少提及”的重要信息。Muratov dedicated his award to six Novaya Gazeta journalists who were murdered for their reporting on human rights violations and corruption. He said, "Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova - these are the people who have today won the Nobel Prize.”穆拉托夫将他的奖项献给了六名因报道侵犯人权和腐败行为而被谋杀的《新报》记者。他说：“Igor Domnikov、Yuri Shchekochikhin、Anna Politkovskaya、Stas Markelov、Anastasia Baburova、Natasha Estemirova——这些人是今天获得诺贝尔奖的人。”The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that 17 media workers were killed in the Philippines over the past 10 years. Twenty-three were killed in Russia, the group reported.保护记者委员会报告说，在过去 10 年里，菲律宾有 17 名媒体工作者被杀。据该组织报道，有 23 人在俄罗斯丧生。The French group Reporters without Borders, or RSF, has worked with Ressa and Muratov to defend journalism in their countries. RSF noted, “This prize is a great signal a very powerful message to defend journalism everywhere.”法国无国界记者组织 (RSF) 与 Ressa 和 Muratov 合作，捍卫他们国家的新闻业。RSF 指出，“这个奖项是一个很好的信号，是一个非常有力的信息，可以捍卫世界各地的新闻业。”Reiss-Andersen told Reuters that she believes the awards will force leaders of both the Philippines and Russia “to defend the present situation." She added, "I am curious how they will respond.”Reiss-Andersen 告诉路透社，她相信这些奖项将迫使菲律宾和俄罗斯的领导人“捍卫当前局势。”她补充说，“我很好奇他们将如何回应。”

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A massive leak of financial documents exposes the hidden wealth and dealings of several people close to President Vladimir Putin. And it's been 15 years since Anna Politkovskaya, the groundbreaking journalist who exposed abuses of power and human rights, was shot dead. Irina Lagunina, director of special projects at RFE/RL's Russian Service, joins host Steve Gutterman to discuss.

Anna senang membaca sejak kecil. Ia tumbuh menjadi perempuan jurnalis. Apa saja yang ia lakukan untuk mengungkap kebenaran? Yuk, kita ikuti kisahnya!

An Präsident Putins Geburtstag wird Anna Politkovskaya in ihrem eigenen Haus ermordet. Wer wollte der rebellischen Star-Journalistin an den Kragen? Der russische Geheimdienst, tschetschenische Gangster oder die Feinde Putins?

Save Meduza!https://support.meduza.io/enOpposition politician and Anti-Corruption Foundation creator Alexey Navalny was hospitalized early on Thursday, August 20, in critical condition. At the time this podcast was recorded, he was in a coma and breathing through a ventilator in Omsk, where his flight home to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing when he became violently ill. “The Naked Pravda” reviews what we know about Navalny's situation and looks back at recent poisonings in Russia, as well as the muted police response in these cases, to get a sense of what he is up against. Meduza in English managing editor Kevin Rothrock discusses past attacks on Navalny as well as the alleged poisonings of Pyotr Verzilov, Sergey Mokhov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Alexander Litvinenko, Viktor Yushchenko, and Anna Politkovskaya. “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Fridays (or sometimes Saturdays). Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”

In Part 2 of our two-part look at the case of Anna Politkovskaya, we learn about the official investigation into her death, which bore the hallmarks of a carefully planned contract killing. We also ask - who might have commissioned the hit on this journalist and human rights campaigner? She was a prominent critic of the administration of Vladimir Putin, and many people blamed the Russian president for her death. But there were others who might have been responsible, including people she had confronted during her work in Chechnya.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Do you like wine? Check out Winc! Winc recommends personalized bottles and sends them direct to your door. For $22 off your first box, use code assassinations.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

In Part 1 of a two-part study of the life and death of Anna Politkovskaya, we look at her work as a journalist covering the brutal Chechen wars in Russia in the 1990s and early 2000s. She exposed war crimes and gave voice to the many civilian casualties of the conflict between separatists and the federal government. She also sought to expose corruption and criminality elsewhere in Russia, in the process making powerful enemies. Her assassination in 2006 led some people to point the finger of blame at President Vladimir Putin; but as we shall hear, Ms Politkovskaya kicked several hornets' nests in the dangerous world of Russian politics and big business.To find out more about the people and music featured in today’s episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website. While there, you can also check out our Bookstore, where we recommend some great episode-related books and reading material, and shop our Merch Store to nab a log tee or tote bag.If you’d like to support the show, we have a Patreon page. We offer a variety of different support levels with lots of fun perks, including bonus episodes, a monthly livestream, stickers, merch store credit, and more! Find us at patreon.com/AssassinationsPodcast You can also interact with us on Twitter. You’ll find us @AssassinsPod.Do you like wine? Check out Winc! Winc recommends personalized bottles and sends them direct to your door. For $22 off your first box, use code assassinations.Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

Splinternet is an irregular report from Ephemera. Once upon a time, we thought of the Internet as like the Wild West; anarchic and mostly empty. The dream of the World Wide Web was ‘all of the world’s knowledge, at all the world’s fingertips’. But this dream has failed to materialize. As Scott Malcomson says in his book ‘Splinternet’, from which I’ve taken the title of this series: “the Internet is cracking apart into discrete groups no longer willing, or able, to connect.” The Internet’s “destructive creativity”, born from Silicon Valley libertarianism, must be tamed. China’s solution has been to retreat from the World Wide Web and create a parallel Chinese Internet, which will soon dwarf the English one. In Russia, the mafia state pairs the Chinese panopticon with extralegal violence against the media.   Want a better handle on the idea of the “splinternet”? Here’s a quick and good tv interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJSRR66teM Here’s a cool 1-hr tv doc on Russia’s “Creepy, Innovative Internet” from Bloomberg TV. It’s great, especially the segment that starts at 28:50, which is about a facial recognition app that’s been downloaded over a million times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICL-lwI7KM The op-ed Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Guardian about being poisoned: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/09/russia.media Yulia James and Sophia Jones for Wired: https://www.wired.com/2017/10/russian-trolls-attack/ I couldn’t have done this episode without the Freedom House reports on internet freedom. If you really want to drill down into the nitty-gritty, that’s where I’d start. Here’s their scores for Russia, year-by-year (100 is Least Free, 0 is Most Free): 2009: 49 2010: n/a (no report) 2011: 52 2012: 52 2013: 54 2014: 60 2015: 62 2016: 65 2017: 66 2018: 67 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/russia Support Ephemera: https://www.patreon.com/ephemerapodcast  get in touch: ephemerathepodcast@gmail.com  This month's Patreon exclusive - a tour of Wikipedia's odder internal policies.  Music used: Olafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Four Pussy Riot - Police State Alberto Iglesias - Los Vestidos Desgarrados Max Richter - infra 3 Frank Ocean - Voodoo

Este mes, Viaje por la Historia continúa en versión reducida y solo podemos ofrecer la sección Qué Interesante Historia. Aun así, esperamos que la disfrutéis y volveremos con el programa al completo el mes que viene. En esta ocasión, hablamos de la periodista rusa Anna Politkovskaya, el inventor andalusí Abbás Ibn Firnás y el origen de la tradición navideña de poner calcetines o zapatos a la espera de los regalos.

Greetings, Comrades! This is part 5 of our Red Dawn series – here, I talk about the events that commenced in October 1917, and how the whole insurrection happened. Because there was no second revolution. There was, however, a coup, beginning of a civil war and a bunch of decrees. This is when Lenin finally gets to put his theoretical ideas into practice. Enjoy! Oh, and also: for all of our Patreon subscribers, the next part of Anna Politkovskaya's “Russian Diary” is also already waiting for you on our Pateron site! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The role of Vladimir Putin on the world's stage, from Syria to Ukraine, is a complicated one, and some see him as an important moderating influence on the now virtually unchallenged Western imperial apparatus. But one thing is increasingly clear: his role within his country is a deeply troubling one. And the public is terrified. Why? Consider these names: Sergei Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko, Anna Politkovskaya and now Boris Nemtsov. All opponents of Putin, all now dead.  Murdered, in brutal and very public ways. Our guest for this week's RadioWHO podcast, Bill Browder, knows Russia.  He's an unusual figure—his grandfather Earl Browder was the head of the American Communist Party. Bill Browder, rejecting that legacy, became the consummate capitalist. Once Russia's largest foreign investor, Browder was forced to leave the country when he became a vocal critic of Putin, and his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was jailed and murdered. Browder talks to WhoWhatWhy about what he sees as Putin's compulsion to steal and his ultimate goal of wanting to be one of the richest men in the world, and how he believes Putin has overreached.    

8 år etter at den profilerte journalisten og menneskerettighetsforkjemperen Anna Politkovskaya ble skutt og drept utenfor hjemmet sitt i Moskva, bare 48 år gammel, har dommen endelig falt over drapsmennene i russisk høyesterett. Hvorfor har det tatt så lang tid - og er saken avsluttet nå?

There’s not a lot to like about Vladimir Putin: he’s autocratic, vain and runs a corrupt government. And he doesn’t give a fig for human rights. The repression in Chechnya, the jailing of the (now pardoned) businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the Pussy Riot protesters, the murders of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and of Alexander Litvinenko, the former spy – all this happened on Putin’s watch. Who would not be on the side of the 100,000 people who turned out on Moscow’s streets last winter to protest against Putin’s election to a third term as president and to demand fair elections and an honest government? Russia would be better off without Putin – who would argue otherwise? As a matter of fact, millions would. Talk to many Russians and they’ll tell you that life under Putin is vastly better than under Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin let a handful of oligarchs hoover up Russia’s wealth while ordinary Russians were reduced to selling their possessions on the street. Putin, by contrast, has quelled the economic... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead outside her Moscow flat in October 2006. She had been a fierce critic of Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, and a campaigner for human rights. Her son, Ilya Politkovsky, was the first family member at the scene of the crime. (Photo: Anna Politkovskaya. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Nellie Bly and Anna Politkovskaya: Plucky investigative journalists.Right click here and save as to downloadFurther Reading:Nellie Bly:Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger (1994)10 Days in a Madhouse by Nellie BlyAround the World in 72 Days by Nellie BlySix Months in Mexico by Nellie BlyNellie Bly Resource Site (online archive of Nellie's writing)Transcript of PBS American ExperienceI'm not the only one curious about McGinty - There's a children's book about him.And the tradition of stunt reporting continues to the modern ageAnna Politkovskaya"A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya" by Anna Politkovskaya, The University of Chicago Press (2003). Whose Truth? by Georgi M. Derluguian (2003)"Nothing But the Truth" by Anna Politkovksaya, Novaya Gazeta (2007)"A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia" by Anna Politkovskaya (2006)Music: Monster Hospital by Metric

An outstandingly courageous critic of the current Russian regime, journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya has been the recipient of numerous international honours. Sadly she was found shot dead in a lift at her apartment block in Moscow on 7 October 2006. She was one of our most welcome guests at the Book Festival in 2005 and spoke compellingly about her work and also her fears for her life. This talk is translated from Russian.

An eisem Informatiounszäitalter ass ee supposéiert déi wierklech wichteg Informatiounen emmer kennen ze fannen. Trotzdeem kontrolléiren déi aal Medien nach emmer, iwwer wat wierklech geschwat gett. An dëser Episod gett et e Beispill vun sou engem Fall: de Mord um Anna Politkovskaya.