The Poisoning - Episode 5: Exile Audio
AFP, 28 Oct 2021
Episode 5: Exile
We fly to Lithuania, which has become a refuge for Russian opposition figures in exile because of repression in their own country. From there they try to convince Russians and the world to take action against President Vladimir Putin’s government. In Siberia, other Kremlin critics see themselves as in a form of internal exile. As European leaders struggle over how to deal with Russia, mixing sanctions with dialogue, we ask: What does the future hold for Russia, and for its opposition?
In this episode:
Vladimir Milov, Russian opposition politician
Pyotr Tolstoy, vice-president of the State Duma
Vladimir Kara-Murza, opposition politician
Danute Gailiene, professor of psychology at Vilnius University
Jacques Maire, French member of parliament
Viktor Muchnik, chief editor of Russian media outlet TV2 in Tomsk
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, exiled Russian businessman and opposition figure
Ekaterina Schulmann, political scientist specialising in Russia
Hosts: Jonathan Brown and Andrea Palasciano with AFP journalists Antoine Boyer and Sarah-Lou Lepers in Paris.
About 'The Poisoning' podcast ----
"He is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most determined and outspoken opponent. He was nearly poisoned to death in August 2020 in Siberia and is now in a high-security prison. Is there any real opposition left in Russia? What do we know about the poisoning? And who really is Alexei Navalny – a social media star, a hero to some, a racist nationalist to others and an agent of the West according to Russian authorities? Why have his anti-corruption investigations touched such a nerve? And do we have anything to fear from Russia? The answers are to be found in this series produced by four AFP journalists based in Moscow and Paris, based on exclusive first-hand accounts and interviews from Agnes Callamard, the former UN rapporteur on the poisoning; Piotr Tolstoy, the deputy chairman of Russia’s lower house; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a poisoned opposition figure; and many activists and experts."
We fly to Lithuania, which has become a refuge for Russian opposition figures in exile because of repression in their own country. From there they try to convince Russians and the world to take action against President Vladimir Putin’s government. In Siberia, other Kremlin critics see themselves as in a form of internal exile. As European leaders struggle over how to deal with Russia, mixing sanctions with dialogue, we ask: What does the future hold for Russia, and for its opposition?
In this episode:
Vladimir Milov, Russian opposition politician
Pyotr Tolstoy, vice-president of the State Duma
Vladimir Kara-Murza, opposition politician
Danute Gailiene, professor of psychology at Vilnius University
Jacques Maire, French member of parliament
Viktor Muchnik, chief editor of Russian media outlet TV2 in Tomsk
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, exiled Russian businessman and opposition figure
Ekaterina Schulmann, political scientist specialising in Russia
Hosts: Jonathan Brown and Andrea Palasciano with AFP journalists Antoine Boyer and Sarah-Lou Lepers in Paris.
About 'The Poisoning' podcast ----
"He is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most determined and outspoken opponent. He was nearly poisoned to death in August 2020 in Siberia and is now in a high-security prison. Is there any real opposition left in Russia? What do we know about the poisoning? And who really is Alexei Navalny – a social media star, a hero to some, a racist nationalist to others and an agent of the West according to Russian authorities? Why have his anti-corruption investigations touched such a nerve? And do we have anything to fear from Russia? The answers are to be found in this series produced by four AFP journalists based in Moscow and Paris, based on exclusive first-hand accounts and interviews from Agnes Callamard, the former UN rapporteur on the poisoning; Piotr Tolstoy, the deputy chairman of Russia’s lower house; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a poisoned opposition figure; and many activists and experts."
