More than 20 years ago, Anne Garrels began visiting central Russia – a thousand miles away from Moscow – to learn how everyday Russians live and think. This hour, we’ll talk with her about the nation’s silent majority and the role it plays in keeping its leadership in power. She writes about the topic in “Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, October 10, 2023. Associated Press