Is the Russian opposition making a dent in Putin's regime? | Conflict Zone

"To confront this regime is, I think, a duty of any reasonable person," says Vladimir Ashurkov, a Russian opposition activist living in exile and an associate of Putin's best-known critic, now jailed, Alexei Navalny.
But their organisation, the Anti-Corruption Foundation – banned by Moscow as an "extremist" group – has been clear that the Russian people are not going to overthrow Putin.
So, can Ashurkov and his allies justify the risks they are asking people to take to resist in Russia?

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:18 On Navalny's associates' call for "partisan underground" in Russia
02:53 "There is danger in Russia now ... going out to the street with a blank piece of paper"
03:51 "[T]o confront this regime is, I think, a duty of any reasonable person"
05:48 Can Ashurkov justify the risks he is asking people to take?
07:24 What has been the response to the call for a "partisan underground"?
09:05 Opposition accuses 6000 Russians of being "warmongers," "corrupt officials," "propagandists" ...
12:02 ... Is Ashurkov surprised that the majority seem untroubled by the accusations?
14:24 Have opposition successes, like 'Putin's Palace,' made a material difference to Putin's support?
20:31 Can Navalny's group ever emerge as a serious national political force?
22:50 Are there any signs of deep changes in Russia as a result of its invasion of Ukraine?


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