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The Russian dissident who terrifies Putin

October 28, 2024 Current Events, Global Issues, Politics, Think

Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in a Siberian prison colony for disparaging the invasion of Ukraine but was released as part of this summer’s historic prisoner swap that also freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. marine Paul Whelan.

What the ‘no limits’ partnership between Russia and China means for the U.S.

October 4, 2024 Global Issues, History, Politics, Think

This hour, we’ll talk with a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and other experts about what the budding alliance between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping means for American global leadership.