In conversation with Kathrin Schrader, the Russian cultural journalist talks about how freedom of the press has been increasingly curtailed in Putin's Russia and how her subject - contemporary dance - has become a political issue, because bodies are political.

The conversation also covers the resistance in Russia against Putin's war in Ukraine and the power of images.

Olga Gerdt began her career as a journalist during perestroika in the 1980s and accompanied Russia's cultural awakening after the end of the Soviet Union. This was also expressed in a lively, diverse performance and dance scene. Putin initially allowed artists to enjoy their newfound freedom. But then it was gradually curtailed. A creeping process of discrimination began ...

Part 3 of the reading series FRIEDEN STADT KRIEG, sponsored by the Berlin State Center for Political Education