Bayan
04-11-2023, 10:16 AM
Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses as small as holding a poster or sharing a news article on social media.
Valerie Hopkins, an international correspondent for The Times, tells the story of Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student who faces up to 10 years in prison after posting on social media, and explains why the Russian government is so determined to silence those like her.
Guest: Valerie Hopkins (https://www.nytimes.com/by/valerie-hopkins), an international correspondent for The New York Times, covering Russia and the war in Ukraine.
Background reading:
Oleysa’s story has underlined the perils of using social media to criticize the war in Ukraine (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html?searchResultPosition=9).
The authorities are determining who will take custody of a 13-year-old girl whose single father has been sentenced for “discrediting” the Russian Army (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/world/europe/custody-russian-girl-anti-war-ukraine-drawing.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Valerie Hopkins, an international correspondent for The Times, tells the story of Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student who faces up to 10 years in prison after posting on social media, and explains why the Russian government is so determined to silence those like her.
Guest: Valerie Hopkins (https://www.nytimes.com/by/valerie-hopkins), an international correspondent for The New York Times, covering Russia and the war in Ukraine.
Background reading:
Oleysa’s story has underlined the perils of using social media to criticize the war in Ukraine (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html?searchResultPosition=9).
The authorities are determining who will take custody of a 13-year-old girl whose single father has been sentenced for “discrediting” the Russian Army (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/world/europe/custody-russian-girl-anti-war-ukraine-drawing.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)