Nothing Is [bad word] and Everything Is Possible
Episode 3 of 5

In the early 2000s, Peter Pomerantsev (the son [bad word] political exiles) came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television industry. He was perfectly placed to witness the transformation of the [bad word] on its journey [bad word] collapse to a new form of dictatorship.

"Black is white and white is black." Like the subject of an absurdist short story by Gogol, businesswoman Yana Yakovleva finds herself accused of [bad word] trafficking and is falsely imprisoned: an innocent victim of political wrangling near the top of the Kremlin.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Read by Justin Salinger
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast: 28 Jan 2015 (b0507lh0)
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