Despite a Soviet-style clampdown, we can help the exiles who are preserving independent journalism for Russians back home, says former Moscow correspondent Mark Rice-Oxley
Despite a Soviet-style clampdown, we can help the exiles who are preserving independent journalism for Russians back homeMarina Ovsyannikova, charged in 2022 with ‘discrediting’ the Russian army after protesting on state TV against military action in Ukraine.Marina Ovsyannikova, charged in 2022 with ‘discrediting’ the Russian army after protesting on state TV against military action in Ukraine.Last modified on Sat 28 Jan 2023 12.
Russia’s media space has reverted to a grotesque parody of the Soviet-era model. . Television and the domestic press is utterly captured. Millions are fed aIt’s working. A broad consensus insidestill supports Putin and his wretched campaign in Ukraine. The Kremlin may be making a hash of the war on the ground, but it is winning the propaganda battle.
There is, however, a tiny minority of courageous journalists who are trying to make a difference, publishing independent, credible news for audiences back at home. It isn’t easy. They have been blocked, banned,
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