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The Salisbury Poisonings | The Journalist Who Knew Too Much | 4

2025/6/25
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Matt Ford: 索尔兹伯里事件的核心是人道主义代价，包括无辜者丧生和受害者遭受的恐怖袭击。尽管事件令人震惊，但其中也存在荒谬之处，例如嫌疑人在电视上的表现和普京的虚假指控。我们与俄罗斯的关系至今仍非常重要，索尔兹伯里袭击事件是否成为了转折点值得深思。 Alice Levine: 卢克·哈丁曾亲身经历过普京政权，他对俄罗斯的报道经验丰富。 Luke Harding: 当我听到斯克里帕尔父女中毒的消息时，首先想到的是俄罗斯又一次采取了行动，其次是对自己不够了解情况感到沮丧。我对俄罗斯再次以如此明目张胆的方式采取行动感到惊讶，因为我曾写过关于利特维年科的书，并且与俄罗斯反对派人士关系密切。我对斯克里帕尔中毒事件感到沮丧，因为我本以为自己了解所有重要人物，但实际上并不了解他。斯克里帕尔只是一个中级情报官员，住在索尔兹伯里，我没有去拜访过他。斯克里帕尔事件向俄罗斯国内的叛徒发出了警告，同时也向英国发出了蔑视的信息。俄罗斯通过斯克里帕尔事件表达了对西方的不尊重和蔑视。

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Luke Harding recounts his 2007 move to Moscow, initially perceiving Russia as a semi-democracy. However, he soon discovered a stark reality: a country regressing into authoritarianism, controlled by a powerful and secretive state.
  • Luke Harding's initial perception of Russia as a semi-democracy
  • The reality of Russia's authoritarianism and KGB influence
  • The Russian state's two main projects: wealth accumulation and imperialist expansion
  • The West's failure to recognize and address Russia's shift towards authoritarianism

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Guardian journalist Luke Harding was thrown out of Russia for exposing uncomfortable truths. Now he takes Matt and Alice behind the headlines of the Skripal attack, exposing how Putin's spy machine really works, and the chilling lengths it went to to threaten his own family.

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