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It's been over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Young people in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Georgia are facing unemployment, democratic pressure, and the legacy of repression, while being influenced by the West, punk music, and the Pussy Riot trials. PRX sent a reporting team from the Seattle Globalist to explore the tensions in these countries, described by The Atlantic as 'uneasily suspended' between two political eras.
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It's been over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Young people in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Georgia are facing unemployment, democratic pressure, and the legacy of repression, while being influenced by the West, punk music, and the Pussy Riot trials. PRX sent a reporting team from the Seattle Globalist to explore the tensions in these countries, described by The Atlantic as 'uneasily suspended' between two political eras.
Transcript
PROMO 1
BROOKE: Young people are shaking things up in the post-Soviet world. Their tactics might surprise you.
INNA: We just thought that ok, if you want to look at me then look at me. I’m naked, as you like.
BROOKE: Meet the topless protestors of Ukraine, and see a new side of the former USSR.
Join me, Brooke Gladstone, for Generation Putin, from the Seattle Globalist and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
PROMO 2
Dissent can be dangerous in Kazakhstan, even for a punk rocker in the big city.
RUSLAN: They got the Internet watched, and the telephones. They’re watching us everywhere.
Protest, paranoia and punk rock.
I’m Brooke Gladstone. Join me for Generation Putin, from the Seattle Globalist and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
PROMO 3
Russian President Vladimir Putin is larger than life.
VASSILI: He was basically showering me with gifts. And I was creeped out and kind of at...
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Timing and Cues
LENGTH * Section * END TIME
0:59:00 Billboard 0:59:00
3:00:00 Newscast 1 (Silence) 3:59:00
2:00:00 Newscast 2 (Silence) 5:59:00
12:59:00 Segment A: 18:58:00
0:59:00 Break 19:57:00
14:45:00 Segment B: 34:42:00
0:59:00 Break 35:41:00
22:56:00 Segment C: 58:37:00
0:23:00 Music Bed ("Free Pussy Riot, F** Mitt Romney" - The Tempers) 59:00:00
Intro and Outro
INTRO:See transcript.
OUTRO:See transcript.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | The XX | Coexist. | Young Turks | 2012 | :19 |
| Darkest Child | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free. | Royalty Free | 2011 | :30 |
| Heads Will Roll | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz!. | Interscope Records | 2009 | 01:00 |
| Ghost Processional | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free. | Royalty Free | 2005 | :19 |
| C.R.E.A.M. (Instrumental) | Wu-Tang Clan | Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). | Loud Records | 1994 | :41 |
| Requiem/??????? | Takezhan | Single. | KPlus TV | 2012 | :40 |
| Cue 4 | Morgan Dusatko | Barzan. | The Last Quest | 2012 | :30 |
| Parisian | Kevin MacLeod | Royalty Free. | Royalty Free | 2007 | :41 |
| Coda: Allegro molto vivace | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake. | NA | 1876 | :20 |
| Wind of Change | Scorpions | Crazy World. | Vertigo/Mercury | 1990 | 01:10 |
| Mind Blown And Wiped Clean | TBASA | Good Good Good. | TBASA | 2012 | :34 |
| Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles | The Genius Hits the Road. | ABC Records | 1960 | :32 |
| Hymn to Red October | Basil Poledouris | Hunt for Red October. | Paramount Pictures | 1990 | :41 |
| Punk Prayer: Mother of God Drive Putin Away | Pussy Riot | Punk Prayer. | Dirt Records | 2012 | :40 |
Additional Files
- Full Transcript (Transcript-GenerationPutin.pdf)
Additional Credits
Brooke Gladstone, Host
Martha Little, Editor
Jessica Partnow, Lead Producer
Sarah Stuteville, Producer
Alex Stonehill, Assistant Producer
Funding from Open Society Foundations.
Produced by The Seattle Globalist and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange with support from WNYC, KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, Global Voices and the University of Washington.
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