Story behind a story? Ben Aris, editor-in-chief of bne IntelliNews

It’s been almost three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the aftershocks of that geopolitical earthquake keep jolting the post-Soviet space. First came the protests in Belarus, followed by the alleged poisoning of an opposition leader in Russia, and now the renewed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. And while the first two have spawned familiar accusatory narratives in Russia and the West, the third seems to have dumbfounded both. What’s the difference? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Ben Aris, a veteran Moscow correspondent and editor-in-chief of bne IntelliNews.