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Podcast: Digital-Age Show Trials


Pussy Riot band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova looks out from a holding cell during a court hearing.
Pussy Riot band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova looks out from a holding cell during a court hearing.
The charges are often ludicrous, the evidence flimsy, the cases weak, and the media spotlight bright. But the outcome is, nevertheless, rarely in doubt.

From Pussy Riot to the Bolotnaya protesters to Aleksei Navalny, sensational trials with clear political overtones are the trend of the moment in Russia.

What is the Kremlin trying to accomplish with these cases? What messages are they trying to send and to whom? And what are the risks of a backlash?

In the latest edition of the "Power Vertical" podcast, I discussed these issues with the co-hosts: Kremlin-watchers Mark Galeotti, a professor at New York University and author of the blog "In Moscow's Shadows," and Sean Guillory, a visiting fellow at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and Eastern European studies and author of "Sean's Russia Blog."

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NOTE TO READERS: Apologies for the light posting of late. I was traveling in Georgia recently working on other assignments.

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The Power Vertical is a blog written especially for Russia wonks and obsessive Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It offers Brian's personal take on emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today. Check out The Power Vertical Facebook page or

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