The Dissident Playbook: Soviet Lessons for Putin's Russia

Helsinki on the Hill by Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Apr 28, 202645:16Government & Organizations

How does the Soviet Union's approach to human rights compare to contemporary Russia? Bakhti is joined by historian Benjamin Nathans to discuss the evolution of the Soviet dissident movement, what Vladimir Putin learned f...

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