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Gay men have been rounded up and tortured in Chechnya in recent months. David Greene talks to two men who managed to escape. They're living in Moscow and may never be able to return to their families.

Rachel Martin talks to Republican pollster Jim Hobart, ahead of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' appearance before a Senate panel to discuss issues raised by former FBI Director James Comey.

NPR's David Greene talks to media critic and blogger Alexey Kovalev, who writes a blog called "The Noodle Remover" in which he exposes Russian propaganda.

There's a vending machine at a mall in Moscow. For about $1 you can buy a hundred likes. For $850 you can get 150,000 followers. But you have to give your password to a random machine in Russia.

June 12 is National Day in Russia and anti-government protests have been planned to mark the day. The eastern city of Novosibirsk could be an early indicator of protest turnout elsewhere in Russia.

French voters cast ballots on Sunday in the first round of voting for Parliament. Turnout was low, but the results were an outsized victory for the new French president's new party.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday. That's the same panel that former FBI Director James Comey testified before.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Russia on Monday for anti-corruption demonstrations. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who's been detained by authorities, organized the protests.

A Moscow court sentenced Navalny to 30 days in jail, after police detained him outside his home Monday ahead of nationwide demonstrations. Hundreds of others were also detained.

The maker of one medical treatment for opioid abuse has successfully lobbied statehouses around the country to pass policies that tilt addiction treatment practices in favor of the company's drug.