Navalny’s Funeral: Is protest dead in Putin’s Russia?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
There were unprecedented scenes at Alexei Navalny’s funeral in Moscow on Friday, as thousands turned out to pay their respects to the dead opposition leader.
But will there be consequences? And can people meaningfully protest in modern-day Russia?
We hear from one woman who’s previously been arrested for protesting against the war and why she won’t stop.
And Dan Storyev from the monitoring group OVD-info English discusses the challenges facing what’s left of democracy in Russia.
Today’s episode is presented by Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko. Francis Scarr provided translation. The producers were Ivana Davidovic, Cordelia Hemming and Keiligh Baker. The technical producers were Sam Dickinson and Rohan Madison. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 737 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, Friday, is a significant day for many people across Russia and far beyond. As we are |
| 0:25.0 | are watching Ukraine cast |
| 0:28.0 | we are watching extraordinary scenes |
| 0:35.0 | unfolding extraordinary scenes unfolding in Moscow. |
| 0:42.2 | Scenes that the authorities clearly didn't want to see and they tried to stop. |
| 0:43.3 | Tried to stop a public funeral for Russia's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny. |
| 0:51.2 | He's dead and is being buried and hundreds, possibly thousands of Russians have turned up to |
| 1:02.0 | attend a service in a church in South Moscow and then a funeral. And this is the largest opposition event in Russia for the past three years since Alexander Vigner was jailed in January 2021. |
| 1:30.0 | And the scenes unfolding as we record watching hundreds possibly thousands as |
| 1:36.4 | Fettale said crossing a bridge knowing how risky this is it's a form of protest and today we'll be discussing the |
| 1:46.9 | question can people still protest in Russia and get away with it. |
| 1:55.0 | This is Ukraine Kost. |
| 1:57.0 | Ukraine Kast from Babysse. |
| 2:00.0 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain. |
| 2:04.6 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 2:07.6 | Putin is the aggressor. |
| 2:09.6 | He will be ready to use nuclear weapons. |
| 2:13.0 | They killed him and flat. |
| 2:15.0 | I do not know how we manage to survive. |
| 2:18.0 | I want people to know the truth. |
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