Amanpour15 Feb 2023

Exposing autocracies is Nicaragua and Russia

Exposing autocracies is Nicaragua and Russia It’s a dirty trick used by autocracies across the world: taking their would-be opposition off the street and throwing them in jail, stopping any other presidential candidacy from taking root. Tonight, we look at Nicaragua and Russia, where those tactics have been employed by the countries’ rulers. First, to Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega’s drive to stay in power has grown increasingly repressive over the years. He’s put hundreds of political prisoners behind bars, but on Thursday – in a surprise and cynical move – he simply got rid of them. 222 prisoners were freed and then essentially deported to the United States, stripped of their citizenship and banned from ever running for public office. Among them were Julian Sebastian Chamorro and Felix Maradiaga. They both had presidential ambitions, before being put behind bars, and they join the show from DC. Next, to Russia, and another imprisoned democracy activist: opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Few people know Navalny better than our next guest, Maria Pevchikh, who has worked with him for a decade and was with him in Siberia when he was poisoned. Also on today's show: Derek Kilmer and William Timmons from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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