Of Stories from the Front – Russian Roulette Episode #30

On this latest edition of Russian Roulette, Olga and Jeff sit down with Mykola Vorobyov, the Director of the Center for East European Perspectives and a journalist who focuses on political and military issues in Ukraine, about his experience covering the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Then, Olga sits down with Sergei Davidis and Ekaterina Petrikevich from Human Rights Center “Memorial” to discuss human rights issues in Russia, with a focus on political prisoners. But first, Olga discusses her recent travel to Russia and provides an update on the Russian economy by way of the latest (totally subjective and qualitative, but by all measures sweet) edition of the “Korovka Index.”

If you’re interested in hearing more from Mykola Vorobyov, you can find information about his work here (http://bit.ly/2r0tF20). If you want to learn more about Human Rights Center “Memorial” and their work, head to their homepage here (http://bit.ly/2rmuS3n) and find links to their work on political prisoners here (http://bit.ly/2rmuIJj) and here (http://bit.ly/2qznnos). And as always, keep sending us mailbag questions! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you.