Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent

<p>Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin made it a crime to oppose the war in public. Since then, it has waged a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses as small as holding a poster or sharing a news article on social media.</p><p>Valerie Hopkins, an international correspondent for The Times, tells the story of Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student who faces up to 10 years in prison after posting on social media, and explains why the Russian government is so determined to silence those like her.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/valerie-hopkins">Valerie Hopkins</a>, an international correspondent for The New York Times, covering Russia and the war in Ukraine.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Oleysa’s story has underlined the perils of using social media to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html?searchResultPosition=9"> criticize the war in Ukraine</a>.</li><li>The authorities are determining who will take custody of a 13-year-old girl whose single father has been<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/world/europe/custody-russian-girl-anti-war-ukraine-drawing.html"> sentenced for “discrediting” the Russian Army</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>