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Russia under Putin

The History Hour

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Antiv's Takeover of Independent Media

The station's new owner, gasprom sacked yevgeni kissilov and appointed its own management team. Defiant staff resorted to a last desperate measure by barricading themselves inside their offices. One street protest chant, we are with you, was even worked into a jingle. By april, two thousand and the street protests were petering out.

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