Part Five: Stalked by Shadows

Ivan arrives at his final destination. Anna trusts a stranger to help navigate their new home country.
In “The Deserter,” the journalist Sarah A. Topol reports the story of Ivan, a deserter who served as a captain in the Russian Army, fought in Ukraine and then ultimately fled the war and his country with his wife, Anna. (Ivan and Anna are pseudonyms used for their protection.)
Topol spoke to 18 deserters while reporting in eight countries across four continents over the last year and a half; their experiences helped inform a vivid picture of the Russian war operation and its corruption, chaos and brutality.
This audio version is in five parts and is narrated by Liev Schreiber.

[@CDIDDY327]

I am glad to know this story, although it is so chilling. Thank you for this incredible work.

[@Edo9River]

Thank you thank you; I were to study Russian 4;NYTimes each for 5:weeks, I had 1 Chinese roommate, 1 American, and 2 Russians. The last one reminds me a little of Ivan.

[@Jcesare09]

What a thrilling history to listening to I highly recommend, Mr Liev masterful narration make it well worth, the absurdity of the Rusian regime it is astonishing how many people is stuck in this unbearable situation the suffering is tremendous

[@LWarrenF]

Thanks for this so human story