AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
The Media's Response to Russian Coups
In 1991, state TV was controlled by the plotters so very little truth was getting out. But on the other hand, people managed to communicate with one another. So people weren't as completely in the dark then. Those days, an awful lot of Russians used to listen to the Russian service of the BBC or Voice of America.