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Podcast: Theater Of The Absurd?
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Russia is in the midst of a vote expected to allow President Vladimir Putin to seek two more six-year terms. And in the midst of a vote critics call absurd, prominent director Kirill Serebrennikov was convicted on fraud charges supporters say were absurd. Irina Lagunina, director of special projects at RFE/RL's Russian Service, joins host Steve Gutterman to discuss.