If Russians only consume state media, they wouldn't be even aware that there is military action in ukraine. The operation is being sold to the public as a liberation of those ino fellow russian speaking eukranians from the yoke of this nati hunta. That's what people who are only consuming state medea are seeing on their thivy screens. At this point, my my job is basically documenting my country's war crimes.
It depends a lot on where they get their news. Meduza’s Aleksey Kovalev reports from Moscow.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Noel King.
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