We check in about what’s been happening in and to Russia since the “special military operation” started in Ukraine. Why most of Lily’s Russian friends are leaving or thinking about leaving, peoples’ fears about the current situation and future of being in Russia, and the humanitarian effects of mass sanctions and corporate virtue signaling against Russia. Links we referenced: https://musatkin.com/iran-sanctions/ https://journal.tinkoff.ru/news/brands-left-russia/ Past eps we mentioned: Maslenitsa: https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/90-death-bliny Telegram: https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/60-bear-with-a-stick-telegram-pt-1 https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/61-whipping-boy-telegram-pt-2 VPNs and other resources: https://telegra.ph/CHto-delat-pri-otklyuchenii-interneta-02-27 Telegram channel: https://t.me/zatelecom

SIR has reunited once again to revisit the latest saga in the conflict with Ukraine, partially so that Lily’s brain doesn’t explode trying to explain to people separately or so she doesn’t start writing things on the internet she will likely regret later. First we get into some historical context to this latest wave of the crisis/conflict/war in Ukraine (which we remind, started in 2014). Also, we talk about how the mostly always ignored regular people from Donbass(aka self-declared Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics) are feeling about this latest escalation. Our past Ukrainian conflict eps: https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/sets/ukraine?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Are riots good? Are protests good? Plus Lily gives the etymology of the word pogrom.

Family history and Ukraine's war-time propaganda machine in Lugansk.

Lily gets updates on coronavirus in Russia from America and tells the story of Telegram's failed blockchain platform.

Petersburg doesn’t care about corona, Russian medicine, Soviet nostalgia and Ivan Chai.

Russian Orthodox Easter greetings and cake, Lily registers her new car.

Lily's finally reading Ferrante. Also a small COVID-19 in Russia update. And a tour of an abandoned experimental soviet neighborhood built in the late 1920s (Кондратьевский Жилмассив//Kondratyevsky Residential Area?)

In these times of troubles, SIR is back to update you on Russia’s response to COVID-19.

Undefined Hiatus by Olivia Capozzalo and Smith Freeman

Lily went to see an artistic evening with animator Yuri Norstein, best known for his movies Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales.