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no bull and the aftermath.

They are obsessed with symbols and they think that symbols are very powerful and they can

facilitate change.

And partly they introduce a lot of symbols or they steal liberal symbols, including the

ration flag.

Bursnimsoff is another symbol and it's counter symbols and the importance of Bursnimsoff

as a symbol of democratic Russia, it's importance is growing.

He is the only figure who can unite people, not only people of liberal convictions but

also democratic leaders and you can see that during the last march of grief in the

member of my father, all liberal leaders came despite their differences.

That's what any authoritarian regime that is in China, Russia, Turkey, they afraid

people can get together and try to achieve one goal.

I'm Alina Poyakova and this is the special series in Russia on the LawFair podcast March

13, 2018.

Joining me for the podcast is Janan Niemtsova, journalist at Deutscheweller, founder of the

Bursnimsoff Foundation for Freedom, and daughter of Bursnimsoff.

February 27th marked the three year anniversary since the brutal murder of Bursnimsoff, who

was the former deputy prime minister of Russia under President Boris Yeltsin and then became

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