Who Are the Americans Taking Russia's 'Anti‑Woke' Visa?

Day 1,309.

Today, as the world digests Donald Trump's apparent U-turn on support for Ukraine, we examine developments in New York. Plus, we hear about a story of American citizens being lured to Russia on so-called "anti-woke visas", and hear from a global health expert about the latest of the health crisis, and that to come, in Ukraine.

You watch a special video version of part of today's discussion here:

https://youtu.be/bgCj0V47pNc?si=pRF8xLrAfUaWddUI

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Lily Shanagher (Telegraph Features Desk). @LilyShanagher on X.

With thanks to Oksana Pyzik (Associate Professor at University College London). @OksanaPyzikUCL on X.

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Content referenced:

Trump tells Ukraine: Take back all your land... then go further (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/15/americans-lured-russias-anti-woke-visa/ 

The Americans being lured in by Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa (Lily in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/15/americans-lured-russias-anti-woke-visa/ 

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