Julia Loktev
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558 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 7 Feb
Julia Loktev’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Fresh Air · Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia · 5 Feb 2026
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We live in this dark century and yesterday's dictator will be a dead old man and
And it refers to the original invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
It talks about like, you know, the doors of a prison will be thrown open.
It talks about people being arrested.
It talks about like, and one day, you know, all of this will pass.
And it refers to all of the kind of the crimes of Ukraine.
Putin's regime and says, yes, there will be an awakening from this.
And this is somebody singing this on TV, right?
I can't remember if Kudlyarov, the singer, I think he has now been charged.
I mean, you kind of have a hard time keeping up with who has which crime charge, but I think he does definitely has criminal charges against him, also in exile.
I'm pretty sure he's been charged with fake news or discreditation of the army.
I'd have to look up the exact charge, but it's all part of a continuum.
And I mean, this song just, I get chills when I hear it because it is the hope of so many people.
And somehow they still hoped against hope that this would happen.
Well, we left what was the Soviet Union then, not knowing what country we would go to at that point.
You know, we left because we got permission to leave and got permission to come to the U.S.
as refugees.
And then I had a very unusual experience where, you know, I did not grow up in Brooklyn surrounded by other Russian immigrants.
But several months after we came to the U.S., my mom got a job at HP in Loveland, Colorado, which is pretty much halfway between Denver and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
And so we moved there.
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