Julia Loktev

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558 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 7 Feb

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Fresh Air · Following independent journalists fighting for free press in Russia · 5 Feb 2026 podcast

Or you see the old architecture, or you go to some small town where, oh, my God, these people are so weird, and, you know, the characters all seem so, like, one step away from the Soviet Union.

And these are characters you might know.

I mean, they're—I know that sounds really cheesy, but so many people have said to me, like—

They're just like us, you know, and it sounds ridiculous, but it is true that they are incredibly familiar to us and their world and their hopes are incredibly familiar to us.

You know, for example, you know, how they feel about queer rights.

I mean, they're like how most of my friends feel.

Yeah.

I wish I had some really great advice.

I think – and yeah, it's absolutely a film about living under – trying to do good under a government you oppose, trying to do good when you –

Don't get results, you know, honestly, and still trying to do that.

And I think that's really important.

You know, we are so used to measuring things in results.

And I'm probably spoiler alert, but this comes up in the second half.

It's one of the most important parts.

moments for me in the second half is I got a video message from this character, Edik, who we see getting, you know, we're waiting for him outside of a police station in part one.

He's a TV Rain anchor.

He also happens to have gotten arrested in Navalny, the film.

But he's an anchor at TV Rain.

And he sends me this really lovely message.

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