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Back in Putin’s USSR

Back in Putin’s USSR

The Powers That Be: Daily - March 25, 2022 - 20:03

In part two of their intimate conversation, Julia Ioffe explains to Teddy Schleifer the seismic generational undercurrents at play now in Russia: the battle between an aging generation that came of age during the USSR and the millennials who grew up accepting Ukraine’s sovereignty. Julia channels her own childhood in the final years of the Soviet Union to paint the image of a divided country, uncertain of its future and divided on its past.Follow @PuckNews on Twitter and Subscribe to Puck.NewsThe Power's That Be is a presentation of Cadence 13 Studios. Please listen, rate, review, and follow all episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

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