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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator.

Every week we take a look at some of the most important and intriguing stories from the issue with the writers behind them.

I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's executive editor.

And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor.

This week, as riot police clamp down on protesters in Russia, is the history of Stalin's brutal regime repeating itself.

Plus, has Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlighted the failures of globalisation?

And finally, what's happened to Durham University?

And why is its reputation plummeting?

First up, in this week's magazine, Sergei Reducenko, a Cold War historian, reflects on Putin's

attempts to clamp down on Russian protesters. He sees a similar pattern to Stalin's Soviet

regime. Joining Sergei is Dr. Jade McGlynn, who is a specialist in Russian memory and foreign

policy at the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies. Sergey, you write in this week's magazine

about the violent oppression of anti-war demonstrations in Russia. Could you tell our listeners

a little bit about what's been happening? Well, since Russia invaded Ukraine, thousands of people have gone into the streets to protest.

Now, protesting in so-called unsanctioned demonstrations is illegal in Russia,

and people who are protesting are detained.

Most of them are released.

They can be fined and often are fined,

but they also face the possibility of a much graver punishment.

And we have seen the escalation of hostile rhetoric

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