The Taliban gets Moscow’s VIP treatment. And why some new economic stats are raising eyebrows.
From Russia With News is hosted by Jonathan Brown and produced by Pjotr Sauer. The episode was recorded and edited at CM Records Studios in central Moscow. Stay tuned for a new episode every Thursday on our site or here. Also available on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other audio platforms.
Go deeper:
Read the backstory on the case against Dennis Christensen here: Russia’s Crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses Begins With a Foreigner
Read more about the Afghanistan talks in Moscow here: Russia Plays Power Broker as U.S.-Taliban Talks Gather Steam
Russia’s Economic Growth Seems Too Good to Be True (Op-ed), by Leonid Bershidsky
This week's Meanwhile in Russia story: Soviet Citizen Finally Gets Russian Passport After 28 Years
