While You Were Shielding

The Big Steal returns with a new series exploring Russia's continuing journey towards an autocratic kleptocracy. Whilst the world has been gripped by a global pandemic, President Putin has maintained his grip on power at home by clamping down on anyone who disagrees with him. The leader of his main opposition, Alexei Navalny, has been poisoned and remains in prison. This is what becomes of someone who attempts stands up to the Kremlin in 2021. And with a leader who's main concern is to line his own pockets, in this series we ask what's next for those 140 million Russians who are living under Putin's power. Hosted by Gavin Esler, featuring Mark Galeotti, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Kara Murza, Evgeny Feldman, Oliver Carroll & Anne Applebaum

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While You Were Shielding is an episode from The Big Steal by Fresh Air Production.

This episode is 44:53 long.

This episode was published on Oct 18, 2021.

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