Russian Opposition Leader i like saying that they may be sidelined last suspect that poisoning but his allies have made red gains in elections they were local polls one easily by the ruling party all signs of discontent giving you a reason to worry this story. Hello welcome to the show im samis a than now it was an election the ruling party saw as a test of its standing with the people and it appears at least some russians have hinted ethanol while the pro Kremlin Russia united party is on track for a sweeping overall victory in the local polls allies of alexina valmy also celebrating their gains in siberia may be symbolic but significant after the Opposition Leaders suspected poisoning did the voting strategy pay off or is the tide turning against those who have dominated russian politics for 20 years. All right lets bring in our guests into the show now we have joining us moscow victor all of its lead analyst at the center for actual politics a think tank in london samuel green direc
Bonney is not the 1st russian dissidents to fall ill under suspicious circumstances other victims warn that poison is just one tactic in the kremlins playbook for dealing with domestic opponents plus. The snow so the show must go on thats the spirit in venice where the 1st major Film Festival since the pandemic hits is underway this years competition features a Record Number of entries from female directors. Hello im terry martin welcome to the program one of the leading figures in the better Opposition Movement maria has been detained trying to leave the country and cross into ukraine thats according to a spokesman for the border force the official said 2 of her allies were able to leave the country. So thats the cover has been leading mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko on monday the Opposition Movement said mass been pushed into an unmarked vehicle in the capital minsk and drove away. Another mass protest in the city which more than 600 people were arrested. For the
With the approval of 13 he says this he suffered a similar attack and other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against his enemies plus. The weather plays a long. Holds its hand will open air concert this year devoted to look back on beethoven. Flo im terry martin welcome to the program one of the leading figures in the belarus in Opposition Movement Maria Kolesnikov has resisted attempts to deport her to ukraine thats according to the Ukrainian News Agency interfax in a post on facebook the deputy ukrainian interior minister said kolesnik. Successfully prevented a forcible expulsion from her native country a better resists but better racin Officials Say she was detained trying to cross the border kolesnikov has been leading mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko on monday the Opposition Movement says men pushed her into an unmarked vehicle in the capital minsk and drove away so it followed another mass protests in the city in which more than 600 peo
A russian dissident tells d. W. That the order to poison alexina bali came straight from the top. To the Coalition Operation could only have been carried out but will be approval most bloody me approaching the q 3. He suffered a similar attack and other activists say that poison is just one tactic that the kremlin uses against its enemies to cluster coronavirus fatigue around the world is fuelling skepticism and outright denial we meet a man who protested and for lead and talk to an expert about the spread of conspiracy theories. And the show must go on thats the spirit of venice where the 1st major Film Festival since the pandemic hit is underway this years competition features a Record Number of entries from female directors. Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Uncertainty remains over what exactly happened on Tuesday Morning to one of the leading figures and the Opposition Movement Officials Say that Maria Kolesnik was detained trying to cross the border into ukraine but the Ukrain
I hear it from ukraine even she ripped up her passport to prevent her being sent to ukraine so tell us a little bit more about now what happens to the Opposition Movement because i mean see this is a very prominent figure who was leading the protest against sankoh. Which is definitely a prominent face of these protests shes a symbol shes someone whos very media savvy and very good in gauging different groups of people but she isnt the only leader and i think shes more symbol than a leader of these protests these protests become so big now you know hundreds of thousands people coming out in a country of only 10000000 people that even without active engagement these protests will continue people are organizing themselves on their own with some kind of hierarchy you see students organizing cells you see the residents in 2 districts coming out not tonight staying on their pots and pans in the yards of that building organizing various kinds of protests graffiti hanging out all kinds of thin