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Next Year in Moscow 9: Life and fate

2024/3/2
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拉比Shimon Levin对纳瓦尔尼的死表示震惊和悲痛,他认为纳瓦尔尼是历史上最好的人之一,他的死是对善恶信仰的挑战,但他相信纳瓦尔尼的思想和力量将继续存在。他认为现在是黑暗时期,但人们应该继续相信善,并为更好的时代而努力。 Alexei Navalny在狱中写信表达了他对自由的渴望,以及对俄罗斯现状的批判。他相信自由的病毒尚未被根除,并鼓励人们继续为自由而斗争。 律师Maria Eismant讲述了纳瓦尔尼之死对她以及其他政治犯的影响,她认为纳瓦尔尼的死不仅仅是一起政治谋杀,它也与持续时间更长的战争有关,这场战争是当权者与追求自由和善良的人们之间的战争。她还描述了她为政治犯和乌克兰战俘提供法律援助的经历,以及她与一些调查员之间发生的令人意外的互动,这些互动展现了人性中善良的一面。 Vladimir Karamurza认为普京政权是一个杀人政权,他选择回国并公开反对,最终被判处25年监禁。他呼吁人们继续为一个自由民主的国家而奋斗。 主持人Arkady Ostrovsky分析了纳瓦尔尼之死与俄罗斯历史和社会现实的联系,他认为普京政权的本质是基于一种虚无主义的理念,它将暴力和邪恶提升到美德的层面。他还引用了Grossman的小说《生命与命运》,强调了人类善良的永恒性。 摄影师Alexandra Astakhova通过摄影记录下俄罗斯的真实情况,她认为政治犯们是赢家,因为他们展现了勇气和希望。她相信即使在最黑暗的时期,人们仍然可以找到快乐和友谊。

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The episode begins with the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition leader in Russia. His death deeply affects those who knew him, like Rabbi Shimon Levin, who had corresponded with Navalny and envisioned a future meeting. Navalny's death represents the extinguishing of hope for a 'beautiful Russia of the future'.
  • Alexei Navalny's death
  • Rabbi Shimon Levin's reaction
  • Navalny's planned meeting in Jerusalem
  • Navalny's imprisonment and death in a punishment cell
  • Navalny's impact on Russian opposition

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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 times? 

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