Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia

from So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

by FIRE

Published: Thu Mar 14 2024

Show Notes

On today’s episode, we discuss Alexei Navalny’s death, Vladimir Putin, censorship in Russia, and Samizdat Online, an anti-censorship platform that grants users living under authoritarian regimes access to news and other censored content. Yevgeny “Genia” Simkin is the co-founder of Samizdat Online and Stanislav “Stas” Kucher is its chief content officer.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

2:25 Alexei Navalny

8:53 The state of Russian opposition

The origins of Samizdat Online

How does Samizdat Online circumvent censorship?

Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have overthrown Putin?

The progression of Putin’s regime

How can people help?

Outro

Show notes

Statement by Russian prison service on Alexei Navalny’s death