The Poisoning - Episode 4: The Palace Audio
AFP, 17 Sep 2021
Episode 4: The Palace
Alexei Navalny’s organisation has worked ceaselessly to expose corruption in Russia with skillful use of social media and, just after his arrest, scored millions of views with a documentary about a vast and sumptuous residence on the Black Sea . According to Navalny and his team, it was all for Vladimir Putin. Then, tens of thousands hit the streets from Moscow to Yakutsk in Siberia where temperatures hit -50C. Why did people in more than 110 cities answer Navalny’s call to protest?
About 'The Poisoning' podcast ----
"He is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most determined and outspoken opponent. He was nearly poisoned to death in August 2020 in Siberia and is now in a high-security prison. Is there any real opposition left in Russia? What do we know about the poisoning? And who really is Alexei Navalny – a social media star, a hero to some, a racist nationalist to others and an agent of the West according to Russian authorities? Why have his anti-corruption investigations touched such a nerve? And do we have anything to fear from Russia? The answers are to be found in this series produced by four AFP journalists based in Moscow and Paris, based on exclusive first-hand accounts and interviews from Agnes Callamard, the former UN rapporteur on the poisoning; Piotr Tolstoy, the deputy chairman of Russia’s lower house; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a poisoned opposition figure; and many activists and experts."
Alexei Navalny’s organisation has worked ceaselessly to expose corruption in Russia with skillful use of social media and, just after his arrest, scored millions of views with a documentary about a vast and sumptuous residence on the Black Sea . According to Navalny and his team, it was all for Vladimir Putin. Then, tens of thousands hit the streets from Moscow to Yakutsk in Siberia where temperatures hit -50C. Why did people in more than 110 cities answer Navalny’s call to protest?
About 'The Poisoning' podcast ----
"He is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most determined and outspoken opponent. He was nearly poisoned to death in August 2020 in Siberia and is now in a high-security prison. Is there any real opposition left in Russia? What do we know about the poisoning? And who really is Alexei Navalny – a social media star, a hero to some, a racist nationalist to others and an agent of the West according to Russian authorities? Why have his anti-corruption investigations touched such a nerve? And do we have anything to fear from Russia? The answers are to be found in this series produced by four AFP journalists based in Moscow and Paris, based on exclusive first-hand accounts and interviews from Agnes Callamard, the former UN rapporteur on the poisoning; Piotr Tolstoy, the deputy chairman of Russia’s lower house; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a poisoned opposition figure; and many activists and experts."
