112. A voice from Russia

Battleground

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4.6 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode of Battleground Ukraine Saul speaks to independent Russian journalist Maria. She discusses the trails of Ukrainian prisoners of war being held in the occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the effect sanctions are having on the Russian population, and on the wider feeling among Russians about the war in Ukraine. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.3	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Battleground podcast with me, Saul David.
1:23.1	Today, I'm going solo again and we're veering away from the usual news format for Ukraine because we've got a very special interview with a brave, young, independent Russian journalist called Maria.
1:28.7	Now, Maria has been covering the recent trials of Ukrainian POWs in the so-called Donets People's Republic in occupied eastern Ukraine.
1:37.7	And it goes without saying that it's very brave of Maria to come on the podcast for obvious reasons.
1:48.4	Thank you. Maria to come on the podcast for obvious reasons. Maria, thanks so much for doing this and welcome to the podcast.
1:51.9	Nice to be your guest.
1:53.5	Okay, well, let's start at the beginning, shall we?
1:55.9	Can you tell me a little bit about your background and how and why you became a journalist?
2:00.6	Well, I started to work as a
2:02.6	journalist really early at 18 years old, probably, after my first year at the university. And probably
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