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Who have experienced violence, and harassment. what it does is have a negative impact on the ability to pulley participate in politics, which is the goal of an authoritarian leader. >> lets talk about china, president xi in china, and the tennis star. what are leaders rbz like president xi so afraid of? >> people expressing their individualality and autonomy and doing so collectively with broader demands for representation in government and the workforce and equality. and whats been happening in...

Audits that are going on across the country, theyre deteriorating faith in elections amongst republican voters and all of this talk about state control and voter restrictions is deteriorating faith in elections amongst black and minority voters. so the net result of all of this big lie is that everybody in america is concerned about the safety of an otherwise safe election system. >> absolutely. when all of the investigations and the legal determinations that weve had, that the most fair and mos...

Jeremy, i wonder if you can speak to, with all of your sources inside the government, at the agencies in which you served and at the white house and state department, what tonight means to joe biden. >> yeah, this is a competition, nicole, for two models. two models of the way to live. one is under autocratic rule of state control, of the economy, thats the model of xi jinping in china and the model of vladimir putin in russia. and the other model, the model that joe bidens going to try to uphol...

Middle-aged women his secure voting block. the horseback riding deep-sea diving, treasure seeking, that person is designed to appeal to that court. >> despite putins macho image there was early signs of his presidency that he was thin-skinned. >> there was a television show, spitting image that was a political show with puppets for various characters in the pulpit that they came up with for putin was an ugly door, putin became president and he did not enjoy this depiction. the entire television ...

Just getting started, had your hopes to spending a year there, had to leave very quickly. what are you hearing about what is happening now, with the control of information there? >> so, it has been interesting, because at first, when things broke out, there was a fairly free flow of information. obviously, there was a russian state control over things like television channels, but recently, i had people and messaging me on instagram, who i know who are opposed to the war efforts, and post new yo...

Sparked a real crackdown question about what russian citizens are hearing. finley is muratova a freelance writer from the nation magazine. she joins me now. it is good to have you here. >> thanks for inviting me. >> im so glad you are here because you are in a unique position, i think, to examine these worlds. i should know that your father is a very legendary journalist in russia. he founded "novaya gazeta", right? >> yes. >> it won the nobel prize last, year was one of the most important indep...

The russian authorities have banned the word "war", in relation to ukraine. so, when dmitry reznikov took part in an anti—war protest, he didnt use any words at all. he was still arrested, though, and fined for "discrediting the russian army". translation: i was detained within 30 seconds. _ i dont think it would have mattered what was written there. some people have been arrested just for holding up a plain piece of paper. because everyone knows what it means and what it stands for. in vladim...

What was written there. _ some people have been. arrested forjust holding up a plain piece of paper. because everyone knows what it means and what it stands for. _ in vladimir putins russia, even the slightest hint of dissent is seen by those in power here as a significant threat, to be eliminated. but, in a country where opposition to the government has been crushed, where critical voices have been silenced, where the media is under almost total state control, for now, the kremlin doesnt feel u...

Because everyone knows what it means and what it stands for. in vladimir putins russia, even the slightest hint of dissent is seen by those in power here as a significant threat, to be eliminated. but, in a country where opposition to the government has been crushed, where critical voices are being silenced, where the media is under almost total state control, for now, the kremlin doesnt feel under any public pressure to make peace in ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. jeremy bowen is i...

He was still arrested, though, and fined for "discrediting the russian army". translation: i was detained within 30 seconds. _ i dont think it would have mattered what was written there. some people have been arrested just for holding up a plain piece of paper. because everyone knows what it means and what it stands for. in vladimir putins russia, even the slightest hint of dissent is seen by those in power here as a significant threat, to be eliminated. but, in a country where opposition to the...