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With this war. we never wanted it, and we never voted for this government. i feel ashamed. thousands of russians are fleeing the country as a new iron curtain closes around them. faced with harsh western sanctions and the kremlin s crackdown on free speech, russians are escaping to europe by train, their lives in suit cats. the russians remain under increasingly totalitarian rule. over 14,000 people have been arrested for protesting the war in ukraine. according to ovd info, an independent human rights monitor. russian police have even detained people for carrying blank signs. still unclear whether russia s growing isolation will lead to regime change or halt putin s invasion of ukraine. joining me now to discuss, atlantic staff righter yasmin sirhan, rene gram, opinion columnist and associate editor for the boston globe. yasmeen, you argue that cutting russia off from international sports and movies will change the minds of putin s supporters. ....
That they vowed. doings no tick testing was the big one and the obvious ones, vaccines and therapy. i think they did it better than in some other areas. yasmeen, we re also talking about a new variant. we shouldn t jump to conclusions but there s so evidence it might be able to get around. what can you tell us about this new variant and what policies and concerns does the administration have right now as they try to curb its impact? i think it s a little unclear the threat posed by the new variant that the w.h.o. has labeled it a variant of concern. it s very unlikely delta would not be the dominant strain given the transmissibility. ....