The Fifth Floor: The Russian grandma who went to jail

第五层:入狱的俄罗斯奶奶

The Documentary Podcast

社会与文化

2025-05-10

24 分钟
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Natalya Filonova is a former kindergarten teacher, a mother, a grandmother. But she’s also an activist and in 2022 she was arrested during a demonstration against the war in Ukraine. Nina Nazarova from BBC Russian has been trying to find out what happened to her. Plus, how a homeless bumblebee brought a community together, with Joao Fellet from BBC Brasil. Prestented by Faranak Amidi Produced by Alice Gioia and Caroline Ferguson (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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  • Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

  • This is The Fifth Floor, at the heart of global storytelling,

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  • I'm your host, Farinak Amidi.

  • This is Natalia Filonova.

  • In September 2022, Natalia took part in a protest against the military draft in Russia.

  • In this video, she made a passionate appeal to other women,

  • saying, let's sabotage mobilization and stop the war.

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  • Natalia isn't an imposing figure or a seasoned public speaker.

  • In this video, she looks like her typical Russian grandmother.

  • She's wearing a green jacket, a matching headscarf tied under her chin,