Fortress Russia: Putin's New Model Police State
A coordinated and comprehensive attack targeting …
The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore · The Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies and Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center
September 10, 20211h 3m
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Show Notes
A coordinated and comprehensive attack targeting virtually all segments of Russia’s civil society, including journalists, lawyers, activists and opposition politicians. An equally coordinated and comprehensive campaign to encourage prominent opposition figures to go into exile. A deeply unpopular ruling party with sinking poll numbers with elections just a week away. And an uprising in a neighboring country that has spooked the Kremlin elite.
Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime is cracking down on dissent again. But this time, it feels a bit different - and a lot more sinister. On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks to Russian opposition figure Vladimir Milov and scholar Maria Snegovaya about how and why the repression is different this time.