The Naked Pravda
A podcast by Медуза / Meduza
173 Episodes
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‘Sweeping new authority’: What it means to sanction Russia’s sovereign debt
Published: 4/17/2021 -
The quiet game: How scientists in Siberia tried to conceal pollution research
Published: 4/10/2021 -
Transnational Repression 101: How Russia goes after its citizens abroad
Published: 3/27/2021 -
Putin the Killer: What Joe Biden’s pronouncement means in U.S.-Russian diplomatic history
Published: 3/20/2021 -
Russia’s failed Twitter throttle
Published: 3/13/2021 -
Xenophobes and xenomorphs: A look back at Cold War science fiction
Published: 3/5/2021 -
Under pressure: The evolving Belarusian opposition movement versus Lukashenko’s embattled regime
Published: 2/26/2021 -
Arms control treaties aren’t for friends: The difficult diplomacy of today’s U.S.-Russian negotiations
Published: 2/13/2021 -
Fighting the ‘crooks and thieves’: Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption politics
Published: 2/6/2021 -
Putin’s people: Money in the bank and a palace by the sea
Published: 1/23/2021 -
How Russia is ruled: Debt and vertical control across towns and industries
Published: 1/1/2021 -
Revisiting the poisoning of Vladimir Kara-Murza
Published: 12/25/2020 -
Follow the money: What monetary policy and banking say about Russian politics
Published: 12/12/2020 -
Maia Sandu’s win and what it means for Moldova
Published: 11/28/2020 -
Is it Putin or is it Russia? The causes of today’s bad vibes between Moscow and the West.
Published: 11/21/2020 -
The Nagorno-Karabakh truce: What to expect in the years that follow a bloody six-week war
Published: 11/14/2020 -
Keeping Up With Kyrgyzstan
Published: 10/31/2020 -
From Russia With Junk: Why the U.S. Trashed the Ventilators Shipped From Moscow
Published: 10/24/2020 -
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Published: 10/10/2020 -
Stephen Cohen’s legacy
Published: 9/26/2020
Meduza’s English-language podcast, The Naked Pravda highlights how our top reporting intersects with the wider research and expertise that exists about Russia. The broader context of Meduza’s in-depth, original journalism isn’t always clear, which is where this show comes in. Here you’ll hear from the world’s community of Russia experts, activists, and reporters about issues that are at the heart of Meduza’s stories and crucial to major events in and around Russia.