Putin’s war against Ukraine is changing the lives of Russians.

Russian authorities have arrested and detained thousands of Russians who have openly protested the invasion. And many Russian Americans and Russian Immigrants living in the U.S. stand in solidarity with Ukraine, and against Putin’s aggression.

Global sanctions and boycotts are a critical tool being used to pressure and isolate Putin. At the same time, this moment has proved precarious for some Russian businesses in the U.S. Vandals broke windows at the Russia House Restaurant in D.C. last week. The famous tea-room-in-manhattan-is-almost-empty-amid-russias-escalating-war-in-ukraine.html?utm_campaign=statenislandadvance_sf&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1P9BFon5upPMgVFGBaCH-7AJ4wUfs4P3bFyButfjWt1CIB-WERVDCOhGU">Russian Tea Room in New York sat almost empty this week, despite posting on their website that they stand with Ukraine. 

We speak with Anton Svyatsky, managing partner of Fragment Gallery, which works with marginalized artists in Russia and Eastern Europe to amplify their visibility and facilitate conversation with the West. And Ekaterina Pravilova, Professor of history at Princeton, specializing in 19th-century Imperial Russia and the Rosengarten Chair of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University.