• Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia

  • Mar 14 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia

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  • On today’s episode, we discuss Alexei Navalny’s death, Vladimir Putin, censorship in Russia, and Samizdat Online, an anti-censorship platform that grants users living under authoritarian regimes access to news and other censored content. Yevgeny “Genia” Simkin is the co-founder of Samizdat Online and Stanislav “Stas” Kucher is its chief content officer.

    Timestamps

    0:00 Introduction

    2:25 Alexei Navalny

    8:53 The state of Russian opposition

    20:48 The origins of Samizdat Online

    28:17 How does Samizdat Online circumvent censorship?

    35:16 Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have overthrown Putin?

    41:03 The progression of Putin’s regime

    58:08 How can people help?

    59:56 Outro

    Show notes

    Statement by Russian prison service on Alexei Navalny’s death

    The Anti-Corruption Foundation (nonprofit established by Alexei Navalny)

    Samizdat Online

    “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev

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