Bravery behind bars: Alexei Navalny imprisoned
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, has been transferred to a brutal prison. Other Kremlin opponents have been imprisoned or exiled, as Russia has grown more repressive since invading Ukraine. The world’s population will hit 8bn this year; we discuss which regions are growing and which are not. And why clear wine bottles are a bad idea.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:06.6 | In London, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:09.0 | And in the very same studio, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:12.1 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:17.6 | According to the UN, the world's 8 billionth person will be born on November 15th. |
| 0:23.2 | In that person's lifetime, the world's population will hit 10 billion. |
| 0:27.7 | That rise will not be evenly distributed. |
| 0:30.6 | Some regions will grow quickly, others will decline. |
| 0:33.9 | Each trend brings its own set of challenges. |
| 0:37.6 | And you might have noticed more white wine on store shelves appearing in clear glass. |
| 0:42.9 | It's supposed to be more enticing. |
| 0:45.4 | We've got the science on this one, and it's a bad idea. |
| 0:49.1 | But first... |
| 1:03.5 | Russia has ruthlessly crushed internal dissent since it invaded Ukraine four months ago. |
| 1:10.0 | The hammer has fallen especially hard on Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition |
| 1:15.0 | leader who chose to return to Moscow last year. |
| 1:19.0 | He had been recovering in Germany after being poisoned with Novichok, a family of chemical |
| 1:23.7 | agents developed in Soviet labs and used against at least one other person who fell a foul |
| 1:29.3 | of the Kremlin. |
| 1:30.7 | He was arrested as soon as he landed and since then has had little contact with the outside |
| 1:35.2 | world. |
| 1:37.2 | Occasionally, he has appeared in Kortvia video link, most recently last month. |
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