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Why Leonid Volkov is optimistic about Russia's future


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When Russians vote in parliamentary elections later this week, the results are expected to be a foregone conclusion. Still, opposition groups are campaigning across the country despite the Kremlin's unprecedented crackdown on civil society, independent media and free speech, including the imprisonment of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. His former chief of staff Leonid Volkov—one of the architects of Navalny's "smart voting" strategy—joins Greg and Jonathan to explain what's at stake for the country and the future of President Vladimir Putin's regime.

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