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From Our Own Correspondent: Letters from a Russian Prison

19/11/2022

Letters from a Russian Prison

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Letters from a Russian Prison

Letters written by activist Vladimir Kara-Murza reveal the cost of dissent in Russia.

Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed in April after speaking out against the war in Ukraine. In letters written from prison, he reveals the price of dissent in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, the Netherlands, France, Tunisia and the US.

Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed in April this year after criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In letters written from his prison cell in Detention Centre No.5 in Moscow,  he reveals to Sarah Rainsford the price of dissent in President Putin's Russia.

The trial of four men suspected of involvement in the shooting down of passenger jet MH17 disaster in 2014 concluded this week. The case was heard in the Netherlands - home to the majority of the 298 victims. Anna Holligan meets families of the victims and asks whether they felt justice has been done.

Lucy Williamson has been on patrol with French border police in Calais and Dunkerque, after a deal was struck between the UK and France this week to manage the flow of migrants illegally crossing the Channel.  Despite the media storm in the UK, she found the view somewhat different in France. 

Rob Crossan visits the small Tunisian island of Djerba, where Jews and Muslims co-exist peacefully - something of a rareity in the Arab world - and murals in the winding streets reflect the culture of mutual tolerance. 

And James Clayton has been getting the word on the street in San Francisco, the home of Twitter, after a turbulent week for the social media company following Elon Musk's takeover.

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Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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