Rhetorical Leadership

Discussion with a Russian dissident about the rhetoric of the Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin from 2021-2023. We cover four sentencing speeches by Alexei Navalny, as well as sentencing speeches by Vladimir Kara-Murza, Memorial leader Oleg Orlov, and student activist Darya Kozyreva. A three part discussion. This episode covers the aftermath of Navalny's death and the current disorganized and chaotic state of the Russian opposition. We discuss four speeches by Oleg Orlov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Darya Kozyreva and the possible way forward to a free and democratic Russia.

00:00 Aftermath of Navalny's death and introducing Oleg Orlov
00:50 Oleg Orlov's sentencing speech (English)
10:39 Oleg Orlov's sentencing speech (Russian)
19:50 Reaction and Analysis
32:20 Vladimir Kara-Murza's sentencing speech (English)
36:14 Vladimir Kara-Murza's sentencing speech (Russian)
39:25 Reaction and Analysis
1:00:46 Kara-Murza on Lessons Not Learned (English)
1:03:40 Kara-Murza on Lessons Not Learned (Russian)
1:05:40 The current disorganized state of the Russian opposition
1:14:47 Darya Kozyreva sentencing speech (English)
1:18:58 Darya Kozyreva sentencing speech (Russian)
1:22:27 The need for organization and acknowledging the sadness of a lost country