Ilya Budraitskis (opens in new tab)

<p>This time Eric chats with Ilya Budraitskis, a Russian historian, political activist, and author of &#8220;Dissidents among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics, and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia.&#8221; Ilya explains his decision to leave Russia in the days following the invasion of Ukraine, and provides an analysis of the early antiwar protests forcibly suppressed by the Kremlin. From there, Ilya provides an analysis of the Russian Left, including the reactionary Communist Party of Russia, and...