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Alexey Navalny, known for his strong anti-corruption stance, rose to prominence within the Communist Party in the late 1980s by critiquing the Soviet Union and its corrupt government.
29:58 - 31:37 (01:38)
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Alexey Navalny, known for his strong anti-corruption stance, rose to prominence within the Communist Party in the late 1980s by critiquing the Soviet Union and its corrupt government. Despite being the only deputy in the Belarusian Parliament to vote against the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he escaped punishment due to the cultural changes that had occurred by then.
ChapterShock Therapy and Capitalism
EpisodePart One: Alexander Lukashenko: The Dictator of Belarus
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This episode discusses the implementation of shock therapy in post-Soviet Belarus and how it caused widespread economic and social turmoil, making it a disaster in most places.
31:37 - 32:47 (01:09)
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This episode discusses the implementation of shock therapy in post-Soviet Belarus and how it caused widespread economic and social turmoil, making it a disaster in most places.