Masha Gessen and Joshua Yaffa on the Escalation of Violence in Ukraine

About this episode

<p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/joshua-yaffa"><span>Joshua Yaffa</span></a><span> is a Moscow correspondent for </span><em><span>The New Yorker</span></em><span>, but he has been travelling throughout the war zone in Ukraine for weeks, reporting on the Russian invasion. </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/masha-gessen"><span>Masha Gessen</span></a><span>, who has lived in and reported from Russia in the past, returned to Moscow to write about the Russian people’s response to the invasion. Yaffa and Gessen spoke with David Remnick on March 3rd about the week’s escalation of violence, and what Putin’s goal might be.</span></p> <p><span>Plus, David Remnick speaks with<span> </span><span>Igor Novikov, an Internet researcher and entrepreneur who served as an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Novikov explains how Zelensky’s background as an actor and a comedian has given him an advantage in the West’s “attention economy.” Ukraine “will only survive if people pay attention,” Novikov notes, and must “make sure people understand who the perpetrator and who the victim is in this situation.”</span></span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>