While popular support in Russia for President Vladimir Putin is strong as the invasion of Ukraine continues, there have also been street protests in Russian cities. Host Carol Hills speaks with a 34-year-old historian who joined a protest in Moscow on Sunday, where he was detained, about what people in the Russian capital have been saying about the “special operation”’ in Ukraine.
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