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This week Samantha Knights QC is joined by Masha Karp and Owen Matthews to speak about curbs on free expression, protest, political opposition and together they look at what is happening right now in Russia.

Masha is a London-based freelance journalist and writer, trustee of Rights in Russia and for many years she worked with the BBC Russian Service, Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

Owen Matthews is a writer, historian and journalist, and is the former Moscow and Istanbul bureau chief for Newsweek magazine.