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The Naked Pravda Медуза
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4.8 • 26 Ratings
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Meduza’s English-language podcast, The Naked Pravda highlights how our top reporting intersects with the wider research and expertise that exists about Russia. The broader context of Meduza’s in-depth, original journalism isn’t always clear, which is where this show comes in. Here you’ll hear from the world’s community of Russia experts, activists, and reporters about issues that are at the heart of Meduza’s stories and crucial to major events in and around Russia.
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Returning to the talks that could have ended the war in Ukraine
Meduza interviews scholars Samuel Charap and Sergey Radchenko about their Foreign Affairs article, “The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine: A Hidden History of Diplomacy That Came Up Short — but Holds Lessons for Future Negotiations.”
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How Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov dies
Meduza speaks to Novaya Gazeta Europe editor-in-chief Kirill Martynov to dig into his outlet’s recent investigation into Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov and learn more about the predicament of Russia’s second-worst autocrat.
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Migration and discrimination in Putin’s Russia
To learn about Russia’s migration policy under Putin and the xenophobic backlash to the Crocus City Hall attack, Meduza speaks to journalist Leyla Latypova, policy expert Temur Umarov, and political scientist Caress Schenk.
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The evolution of the Russian FSB
Foreign intelligence services expert Dr. Kevin Riehle joins The Naked Pravda to talk about the past, present, and future of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB.
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Daniel Roher and Julia Ioffe remember the Navalnys
Meduza speaks to Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher and journalist Julia Ioffe, one of America’s foremost voices on Russia-U.S. relations, for a look back at Alexey Navalny’s career in politics and ahead to the political future of his widow, Yulia.
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How terrorism’s geopolitics brought tragedy to Moscow
To discuss the fluid geopolitics that drives terrorism like the Crocus City Hall attack and the road ahead for Russia as the Kremlin tries to utilize the tragedy for its own aims, Meduza spoke to scholars Jean-François Ratelle and Domitilla Sagramoso.
Customer Reviews
Excellent. I wish the episodes were longer.
Really interesting topics which go beyond the usual Media outlets output. It has been fascinating to go back and listen to casts from a year or more ago to find out how the current situation both inside and outside Russia has developed.
Academic Focus
The upside to relying on Academic interviewees is you get concise and contextual commentary. This has lulled the team into a soporific comfort with this method of getting information to the listener. The downside is that when the Academic is clearly bonkers Kevin doesn’t have the inborn immunity of a sceptic to just scrub the interview and chalk it up to poor judgement.
Covers Russia and Ukraine in ways that it’s hard for western journalists to do accurately.
I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to hear authentic Russian voices talking about Russia. In Western Europe and North America we exist in our own cultural bubble. It means we don’t understand the perspective of others. This podcast helps rectify that.