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Podcast: Calculated Clampdowns In Russia And Belarus?


Podcast: Calculated Clampdowns In Russia And Belarus?
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With attention drawn away to numerous hotspots outside Russia, police cracked down on persistent protests in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk. And in Belarus, analysts wonder whether Moscow had a hand in Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s unusual meeting with jailed opponents, which came before the violent dispersal of street protests and hundreds of arrests. RFE/RL senior correspondent Merhat Sharipzhan joins host Steve Gutterman to discuss.

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