<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;On today’s episode, we discuss Alexei Navalny’s death, Vladimir Putin, censorship in Russia, and &lt;a href= "https://samizdatonline.org/"&gt;Samizdat Online&lt;/a&gt;, 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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Timestamps&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;0:00 Introduction &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;2:25 Alexei Navalny &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;8:53 The state of Russian opposition&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;20:48 The origins of Samizdat Online&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;28:17 How does Samizdat Online circumvent censorship? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;35:16 Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have overthrown Putin?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;41:03 The progression of Putin’s regime &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;58:08 How can people help? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;59:56 Outro&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Show notes&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-prison-service-statement-about-navalnys-death-2024-02-16/"&gt; Statement by Russian prison service on Alexei Navalny’s death&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://acf.international/"&gt;The Anti-Corruption Foundation&lt;/a&gt; (nonprofit established by Alexei Navalny)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://samizdatonline.org/"&gt;Samizdat Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;“&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-True-Everything-Possible-Surreal/dp/1610394550"&gt;Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible&lt;/a&gt;” by Peter Pomerantsev&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/so-speak-podcast-transcript-dodging-censorship-russia"&gt; Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Past related episodes&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Ep. 108: &lt;a href= "https://www.thefire.org/news/so-speak-podcast-former-bbc-bureau-chief-konstantin-eggert-and-what-you-need-know-about"&gt; A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Ep. 156: &lt;a href= "https://www.thefire.org/news/so-speak-podcast-what-russians-dont-know-about-war-ukraine"&gt; What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Ep. 157: &lt;a href= "https://www.thefire.org/news/so-speak-podcast-former-bbc-bureau-chief-konstantin-eggert-and-what-you-need-know-about"&gt; Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia

MAR 14, 202460 MIN
So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia

MAR 14, 202460 MIN

Description

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

20:48 The origins of Samizdat Online

28:17 How does Samizdat Online circumvent censorship? 

35:16 Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have overthrown Putin?

41:03 The progression of Putin’s regime 

58:08 How can people help? 

59:56 Outro

 

Show notes

 

Statement by Russian prison service on Alexei Navalny’s death

The Anti-Corruption Foundation (nonprofit established by Alexei Navalny)

Samizdat Online

“Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev

Transcript

 

Past related episodes

 

Ep. 108: A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond

Ep. 156: What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine

Ep. 157: Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia