Inside Russia

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has presented a paradox: internationally isolated, under sanctions, with tens of thousands dead, yet domestically, the mood appears strangely calm. Dissent is rare. Exile is rising. Fear and propaganda have tightened their grip.

Now, with Russia intensifying missile and drone assaults on Ukraine, violating NATO airspace, and reviving Soviet-style repression at home, the stakes have only grown higher. What looks like calm inside Russia is underpinned by fear, surveillance, and the calculated suppression of truth.

Investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, long-time chroniclers of Russia’s security services and crackdown on independent media, will be joined by Drew Hinshaw, senior correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Together they will explore how Putin’s regime has turned friends into enemies, silenced opposition, and created a generation defined by betrayal, exile, and survival, while also revealing how Russia’s provocations, from repression at home to hostage diplomacy…