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The Economist
Next Year in Moscow
Arkady Ostrovsky travels across Europe and the Middle East speaking to free-thinking Russians who left when the shelling of Ukraine began in 2022 in this eight-part series. For them the war meant the future of Russia itself was now in doubt. Now they have to rebuild their lives and their hopes for Russia from exile. Can they get their country back?Their stories help solve the mystery of why this senseless war began – and how it might end.Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ at
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 1,346 ratings
Touching, real and accountable
I sent Arkady an email because I have been so deeply touched by this podcast. Russia has been a part of my live now for decades and this podcast helped me integrate things about the culture, the system, the incomprehensible at times choices that people make in a way that helped me understand....Read full review »
EEZ2C via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/04/24
Economist is a cheap skate
Arkardy is superb, but why are few of the episodes available? It’s a podcast. No need to subscribe to a magazine which is no longer relevant as it is cheap!
MarfaChagin via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 03/14/24
I like it
Now let me get this straight the show is great but I AN NOT GOING TO PAY NO PRESCRIPTIONS I WOULDT DO THAT FOR MOSTLY ANY PODCAST.
ReViEw KiD! via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/11/24
Recent Episodes
A year on from our last episode, Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, is dead. Hope for the “beautiful Russia of the future” he imagined from his prison cell in Siberia is all but extinguished. How are the Russians who oppose Vladimir Putin’s war enduring these dark...
Published 03/02/24
Published 03/02/24
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Published 02/24/24
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