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The Point Of No Return
May 03, 2021 10:00 GMT
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As the government steps up its efforts to neutralize Aleksei Navalny and his supporters across Russia ahead of parliamentary elections due in September, some observers say the repression has reached a point of no return. Has the Kremlin’s crackdown pulled Russia into a dark new era? Irina Lagunina, director of special projects at RFE/RL’s Russian Service, joins host Steve Gutterman to discuss.
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Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny is on a hunger strike in prison, his condition said to be worsening. Tensions rise as the motives behind Russia's military moves in Crimea and close to the Ukrainian border near the Donbas remain murky. Plus, will the Hermitage have to put all its artworks depicting nudes in an adults-only area? Irina Lagunina, director of special projects at RFE/RL's Russian Service, joins host Steve Gutterman to discuss.