1. This damn year
Episode one of our new podcast series on the fateful choices that faced Russia’s free thinkers on the outbreak of war
For Russians opposed to Vladimir Putin, everything changed the moment they awoke to news of the invasion of Ukraine a year ago. They felt a range of emotions: pain, fury and shame. And they had to figure out what to do next.
The Economist’s Arkady Ostrovsky has been speaking to them, because their stories help solve the mystery of why this senseless war began – and how it might end.
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You can now listen to all eight episodes of “Next Year in Moscow” here.
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