areum jeong, academic and _ gather last weekend.eong, academic and researcher, thank - gather last weekend. areum jeong, | academic and researcher, thank you so much forjoining us on this story with your thoughts. let's turn to russia now, where, as we have been reporting, vladimir putin's war has devastated parts of ukraine. but it's worth reflecting on what it has done to putin's own country. in russia, there are signs of growing repression and state control, as well as growing economic problems from sanctions and a brain drain. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg on how russia is changing as the military offensive continues. singing how many in russia want to remember the darker chapters of their country's history? very few. every year they gather to remember the great terror of the 1930s... ..by reading out the names ofjosef stalin's victims, the million he executed, the millions more sent to prison camps. the gulag has gone but fear is returning. "repression is increasing by the week," local politician

earlier, i spoke to areum jeong, an academic and researcher on issues of public safety in south koreay. this tragedy that took place in itaewon was completely avoidable. people are talking about how the south korean government's failure to ensure public safety resulted in this tragedy in itaewon. when you look at those two horrific tragedies, i wonder whether you think, like it was in the case of the seoul ferry disaster, where the public response was one of outrage, understandably, and it galvanised action and momentum there to increase public safety, do you think we're going to see something similar this time around? yes, just like the people did eight years ago. the people are calling out government's insincere acts of authority and care. they are questioning the systemic causes and failures that brought this tragedy in itaewon. and while president yoon said that korea lacks capabilities in crowd control management and other officials have said there weren't any guidelines to manage the crowd in itaewon last weekend, it was actually expected that that many people would gather in it