The exodus is a very important thing to think about, both in terms of russian society, but also in of the impact on dissenting voices who have left for fear of the risks that they face. What happens to russia with that voting block gone, with that, with those voices out of the country? I mean, ben, do you think that has a big impact on domestic politics? Can we see that that is another big shift? We'le carrying on the point that jana made, it's difficult to even talk about politics in russia right now,. In so far as politics is about debates, about conflict, s, about compromise. Were in a system where it's
Since the war in Ukraine began, dwindling remaining hopes of maintaining even the outward appearance of a free democratic process in Russia have been all but eliminated by the Kremlin regime. Joining us on the programme to discuss the dangerous game of voicing dissent in Russia is activist and journalist Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of murdered Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, and Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics at University College London and co-author of Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future? Hosting the discussion is Polina Ivanova, correspondent for the Financial Times covering Russia and Ukraine.
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