Yevgenia Albats is a Russian journalist, and editor-in-chief and CEO of the popular Russian independent magazine The New Times. The magazine has now been blocked by government censors for reporting on the war in Ukraine. Until last week, when the station was taken off the air, Albats was also host of a long-running radio show on Ekho Moskvy. The author of Th ... Show More
Mar 2021
Top Russian Journalist on Alexei Navalny
Did January’s pro-Navalny protests have a lasting impact in Russia? Russian investigative reporter Diana Kachalova, editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg bureau of Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, joins us to discuss covering the aftermath of Alexei Navalny’s case ... Show More
30m 59s
Dec 2023
Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent: An Update
<p><i>This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.</i></p><p>Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged ... Show More
20m 58s
Mar 2024
Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia
<p dir="ltr">On today's episode, we discuss Alexei Navalny's death, Vladimir Putin, censorship in Russia, and <a href= "https://samizdatonline.org/">Samizdat Online</a>, an anti-censorship platform that grants users living under authoritarian regimes access to news and other cens ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2022
As Russia’s war escalates, a look inside Ukraine and Russia
Clarissa Ward, CNN's Chief International Correspondent, gives Fareed the latest reports from Kyiv. Then, Gennadiy Druzenko, a Ukrainian constitutional scholar turned wartime volunteer, tells Fareed what Ukrainians need on the frontlines. Plus, New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief A ... Show More
39m 4s
Apr 2023
Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent
<p>Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses as small as holding a poster or sharing a news article on social media.</p><p ... Show More
35m 18s