I confess at this stage I couldn't think of much to say about the Russian elections that wasn't obvious, or hadn't been said, so instead I recorded a 'magazine' episode covering a range of other topics:

• Team Navalny's latest video (here), this time on the corruption of Foreign Minister Lavrov, and why the opposition needs a new big idea
• The Zapad-2021 exercises and their political significance (coverage by Mike Kofman here and Konrad Muzyka here)
• Three stories that went under-reported in Russia: on AUKUS, on Putin's health (my Spectator piece is here) and Sputnik V
• Rumours that Sergei Shoigu is being sent to Siberia - in a good way.

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