Putin’s defiers: repression in Russia
Economist Podcasts11 Marras 2021

Putin’s defiers: repression in Russia

As the economy has deteriorated and the internet has bypassed television, persecution of opponents has become the president’s main tool of political control. Even the pandemic has been harnessed to silence dissent. An Economist film reports on the young women standing up to Vladimir Putin. And in China, there’s a more subdued background to the Singles’ Day online shopping splurge.

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