Summer is almost over and the cucumber season may be in the past. But with the Russian street restless, local elections looming, and a heavy-handed Kremlin nervous, it promises to be a very hot autumn.

So let’s talk about it.

Listen as Maria Snegovaya, an adjunct fellow at CEPA and a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University joins Brian Whitmore on the 43rd episode of the PowerVertical podcast.

Audio Clips: (1) “Ilya Yashin: ‘Sobyaninsky Moscow is no different from Putin’s Russia’” by RTVI under Creative Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1M8JOHtJY

(2) “Moscow Riots: Putin responds with massive police violence; Russia, July 2019” by Newstweet Altschauerberg under Creative Commons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euD_hwm8dLA. 

The Power Vertical is a CEPA podcast covering the Kremlin for Kremlin watchers. All opinions are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the position or views of the institutions they represent or the Center for European Policy Analysis.