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Next Year in Moscow The Economist
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Arkady Ostrovsky travels across Europe and the Middle East speaking to free-thinking Russians who left when the shelling of Ukraine began in 2022 in this eight-part series. For them the war meant the future of Russia itself was now in doubt. Now they have to rebuild their lives and their hopes for Russia from exile. Can they get their country back?
Their stories help solve the mystery of why this senseless war began – and how it might end.
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Next Year in Moscow 1: This damn year
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.
New episodes will be released weekly on Saturdays.
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Next Year in Moscow 2: A beautiful life
A decade ago Russia's middle class was larger and richer than it had ever been. “Russians are OK” was the title of a popular YouTube channel. But Vladimir Putin’s return to power sparked unprecedented protests as two very different visions of Russia vied for dominance.
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Next Year in Moscow 3: Baggage
In one sense, the war did not really begin in 2022. It did not even begin in Ukraine. It started the first time Vladimir Putin invaded one of Russia’s neighbours and got away with it. That was 15 years ago, in Georgia. And in the same place Joseph Stalin, author of the Soviet empire’s darkest chapter, was born.
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Next Year in Moscow 4: Hostages
Chulpan Khamatova is one of Russia's best-loved actors. Once courted by Vladimir Putin, she now lives in exile in Latvia. Her work and fame brought access to the key protagonists in Russia’s recent past. It’s a unique vantage point to contemplate the nature of evil—and its antidote.
The next episode will be released on Saturday April 1st 2023.
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Next Year in Moscow 5: Through the forest
When the full scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, anti-war Russians began quoting the work of the great novelist Leo Tolstoy. Grigory Sverdlin has been fighting back, as Tolstoy prescribed, with acts of empathy and kindness—from helping homeless people to aiding Russians dodge the draft.
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Next Year in Moscow 6: Remote work
Soon after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin imposed strict media laws that criminalised any reporting of the truth. Independent journalists working abroad are providing an alternative to the powerful narrative that is broadcast 24/7 on state television. Can emigrés still have an impact on the silent majority inside Russia?
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Customer Reviews
Next Year in Moscow
Superb and moving. A hugely important series of documents, interviews and reflections by russians voices too many of us in the west rarely and never have the opportunity to hear from.
From a Canadian whose heart was broken many times listening to this beautifully written series.
Merci.
Lyse Lemieux, Artist, Vancouver, CA
Profound analysis of complex topic
So far the best dispassionate exploration of the Russian expat community I’ve heard. In depth analysis of complex interplay of mixed loyalties, hopes, fears and beliefs. Roundly dispels the simplistic narrative of “good Russians” versus “bad Russians”.
A beautiful goodbye letter
Wonderfully executed mediation on the long arc + weight of history, and what that actually means for people wrestling to stay on the right side of it as things slowly, then quickly go wrong.