EP18: Alexei Navalny - A thorn in Putin's side, but is he Russia's great hope?

He's been the face of opposition politic in Russia for sometime but who is Alexei Navalny? What are his goals? What tools does he wield to achieve them? How do the Kremlin head him off? In order to answer those questions and more, Peter is joined by the authors and scholars behind Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? on this episode of I've Been Thinking - Ben Noble is Lecturer in Russian Politics at University College London, Jan Matti Dollbaum is a postdoctoral researcher at Bremen University, specialising in activism and civil society in Russia and Morvan Lallouet, a PhD candidate at the University of Kent, researching Navalny and the Russian opposition. You can buy Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? in all good shops or direct from the publisher - All of this episodes contributors can be found via their websites; Ben Noble - Jan Matti Dollbaum - Morvan Lallouet - More from Peter on Twitter - @peterfrankopan Produced, edited and mixed by @producerneil

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EP18: Alexei Navalny - A thorn in Putin's side, but is he Russia's great hope? is an episode from I've Been Thinking with Peter Frankopan by Global.

This episode is 47:01 long.

This episode was published on Oct 3, 2021.

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