The Crackdown Continues - July 19, 2021
A groundbreaking investigative reporting outfit and a prominent legal-defense group are among the latest victims of the Russian state’s sweeping campa...
Podcast: The Week Ahead In Russia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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The Week Ahead In Russia podcast dissects significant developments and upcoming events in Moscow and beyond. It's hosted each Monday by Steve Gutterman, author of RFE/RL's The Week In Russia newsletter, and features a rotating panel of guests.
The COVID Surge And The Elections - July 12, 2021
With parliamentary elections just over two months away, the wave of coronavirus cases and deaths rolls on and the Russian state continues to struggle ...
The Week Ahead In Russia: The Show Must Go On - June 28, 2021
Amid a persistent Kremlin crackdown on civil society and a surge of COVID-19 cases driven in part by failures on the vaccination front, Russian Presid...
The Week Ahead In Russia: Coronavirus Concerns - June 21, 2021
It’s back – though it never really went away. COVID-19 cases and deaths from the disease have increased sharply in Russia, in particular Moscow, with ...
A Meeting In Geneva - June 14, 2021
Expectations are low ahead of a high-profile summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders, who are to meet this week for the first time since President...
Extreme Conditions - June 07, 2021
A Moscow court may label three organizations linked to imprisoned opposition leader Aleksei Navalny extremist groups this week, part of what Kremlin c...
The Week Ahead In Russia: An Exodus From Prague - May 31, 2021
More than 50 employees of the Russian Embassy in Prague reportedly flew back to Moscow over the weekend after the Czech Republic ordered their expulsi...
The Week Ahead In Russia: Sakharov And The Future - May 24, 2021
What would Russia look like today if some of the late Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov’s ideas had been realized? Also, legislation barring people with ...
The Crackdown Goes Underground - May 17, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for tighter gun regulations after a deadly school shooting in Kazan, but will it happen -- and will the Kr...
Famous Last Words (In Court) - May 10, 2021
A Russian teenager who has defied the authorities on the streets and in court faces a verdict on a vandalism charge. RFE/RL senior correspondent Rober...