Human Rights in Russia Week-ending 10 April 2020 - with Nadezhda Azhgikhina

This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Nadezhda Azhgikhina (pictured left), executive director of the Moscow PEN Centre. Nadezhda Azhgikina previously served two terms as vice-president of the European Federation of Journalists, and before that was a secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia. Nadezhda Azhgikina’s career as a journalist began at Komsomolskaya pravda, where she worked during the 1980s – the years of perestroika and glasnost – before moving to Ogonek and later to Nezavisimaya gazeta. This podcast is in the Russian language. You can also hear these podcasts SoundCloud, Spotify and iTunes. If this podcast does not play immediately on the podcast.com website, please download by clicking on the three dots to the right.A summary of some of the week's events in Russia relevant to human rights can be found on our website here.