#003 - Anna Chekhovich - Putin's Russia: Corruption, Murder and The Resistance
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
Anna Chekhovich serves as the Financial Director at Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, where she plays a key role in exposing corruption within Putin's regime and promoting transparency and justice in Russia. She also works as the Nonprofit Bitcoin Adoption Lead at The Human Rights Foundation.
In this episode, we discuss the challenges of fighting corruption inside Russia, the personal risks faced by opposition activists, and the state of civil liberties under Putin's rule. We explore Navalny's impact, the internal dynamics of Russian politics, and the ongoing struggle for freedom, as Anna offers a first-hand account of life inside a system designed to suppress dissent and maintain control.
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| 0:00.0 | I, for seven years, I've been working with the Alexei Navalny's team, the Anti-Corruption Foundation. |
| 0:06.3 | It's the Russian opposition organization, the main, the biggest opposition movement. |
| 0:10.3 | We had a huge presidential campaign in 2017. |
| 0:13.5 | But now, since the political repressions getting like crazier and crazier and they arrest every single person who goes to the street. |
| 0:22.5 | If they notice you at protests several times and there is surveillance in Moscow, |
| 0:27.8 | there are cameras everywhere in the streets. |
| 0:29.7 | So they already know like you're a target. |
| 0:31.8 | If you were at the protest once, then twice, then three times, you are a target for them. |
| 0:36.1 | You realize that if you go against Putin, |
| 0:38.8 | you're a threat to the regime and anything can happen. |
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