From Russia With News

In memoriam Lyudmila Alexeyeva. And Russia's trash protests boil over.

Episode Summary

Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch remembers the life and work of Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the matriarch of Russia's human rights movement. And Moscow Times reporter Evan Gershkovich describes how Russia's ailing waste management system could be a political time bomb.

Episode Notes

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Remembering Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Matriarch of Russia’s Human Rights Movement (Оp-ed) by Tanya Lokshina

How Russia’s Attempt to Solve Its Trash Crisis Is Backfiring by Evan Gershkovich

From Moscow With News is hosted by Jonathan Brown @jonathaneebrown and produced by Pjotr Sauer @Pjotrsauer.

Recorded at CM Records Studios in Moscow.