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Unpacking Putin’s end game
FromThe Decibel
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has shocked the world with his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But many within Russia don’t know what’s going on just across the border, due to the government’s censoring or shutting down of independent and social media. Russia last week passed a new law making it illegal to spread “fake news” that Human Rights Watch says “criminalizes independent war reporting.”International Affairs columnist Doug Saunders helps us understand what people in Russia are hearing about the war, the two different ways they could react to sanctions, and what Putin might do next.
Released:
Mar 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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