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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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The long-term economic effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Financial Times Russia correspondent Anastasiia Stognei explains how the Russian economy manages surprisingly resilience in the face of Western sanctions, despite a more bleak long-term outlook.
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How can Ukraine hold the line against Russia?
International Crisis Group senior Ukraine analyst Simon Schlegel joins Meduza to talk about the lessons Kyiv and its allies must learn from the war so far if they hope to hold the line against Russia.
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Kazakhstan's landmark murder trial
Meduza asks political scientist Colleen Wood, human rights activist Dinara Smailova, and journalist Aleksandra Akanaeva about the repercussions in Kazakhstan of the murder conviction of former Economic Minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev.
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‘The American faith’: Why Russia targets evangelicals in Ukraine
To learn about Russia’s targeting of evangelical Christians in occupied Ukraine, Meduza speaks to Steven Moore and Anna Shvetsova from the Ukraine Freedom Project and Catherine Wanner, a professor of history and religious studies at Penn State University.
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Corruption and co-optation in Russia’s autocracy
Scholar David Szakonyi speaks to Meduza about his new article, “Corruption and Co-Optation in Autocracy: Evidence from Russia,” exploring what it could reveal about the future of politics in Moscow.
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How Russian disinformation really threatens the USA
Meduza speaks to cyber, tech, and propaganda expert Gavin Wilde about his recent writings on the dangers of “overhyping” the threat of Russian disinformation in the United States.