{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Repression in Russia","description":"The last few months have seen unprecedented repression in Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia, with a wave of arrests and disappearances among Kremlin critics and international alarm over the deteriorating health of the imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. At the same time, Russian troops are massing on the border with Ukraine, sending Western countries scrambling to figure out Moscow\u2019s intentions. Those developments are playing out ahead of parliamentary elections set for September, amid the government\u2019s dismal response to the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting public opinion ratings for the Kremlin\u2019s United Russia party. The leading opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza joins Jonathan and Greg to explain what\u2019s taking place in Russia, priorities for the opposition and what Western countries must do to address Putin\u2019s mounting threat. ","author_name":"The Cable","author_url":"http:\/\/thecable.libsyn.com\/website","html":"