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A News Cold War

麻豆官网首页入口 plan to get news to Russians

A media crackdown in Russia, including a new law against 鈥榝ake news鈥�, has led many independent news outlets to shut down. Some major western media have pulled out of the country completely. But the 麻豆官网首页入口 is not only staying - it is actually increasing its services aimed at Russians. So what news can ordinary Russians access? And what impact is that information is having?

Guests: Jamie Angus, Controller of 麻豆官网首页入口 News Output & Commissioning; Peter Pomerantsev, author of This Is Not Propaganda; Vera Krichevskaya, co-founder of TV Rain; Olga Irisova, Editor-in-chief of Riddle Russia; Dr Ian Garner, Russian propaganda expert; Julia Davis, Columnist at The Daily Beast.

Producer: Hannah Sander

Studio engineer: Tim Heffer

Presenter: Ros Atkins

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28 minutes

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Wed 9 Mar 2022 21:30
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