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Suitcase. leaving everything behind. i grew up speaking russian for that very reason. but i think its important for people to understand that even native russian speakers, people who have moved and left out of the region seeking a better life for future generations for their children than the life that they had under the soviet union, they are thinking about ukraine in more ways than people can imagine because of the tight bond that people have to move away from pro-kremlin regime. and towards p...

What can we think about it? normal people understand our situation but we cant do anything because were afraid like everyone else. >> reporter: the government is so worried independent media could challenge their narrative, in the past few days, it shut down two outlets and its right now preparing a law that would criminalize what it calls fake media. it could carry a maximum 15-year jail sentence. despite the kremlins best efforts at controlling the narrative, many russians have taken to the st...

Apart from television, youve got pro—kremlin news websites, news agencies, youve got influencers on social media, media personalities that are incredibly popular. you would have a statement from, lets say, the russian defence ministry talking about atrocities in ukraine, and then that would be picked up by a range of media outlets, creating this sense of wide support for the narrative. and it essentially creates almost like a parallel reality at the moment. at the moment, russian state tv is n...

Extent what they think. so, this is a typical example of what any russian viewer would see on their screens last weekend. so, these are programmes that have been given lots of airtime, and they feature all sorts of experts from russian mps to pundits, pro—kremlin pundits, usually, with the occasion token liberal thrown in the mix. these programmes support these narratives. that the situation in ukraine is so bad we really need to act and act now. tell me about the broader type of propaganda co...

And right now preparing a law that would criminalize what it calls fake media. it can carry a maximum 15 year jail sentence. despite the kremlin best efforts of controlling the narrative. many russians have taken to the streets. angered by putins war. more than 7,500 people arrested so far. including this elderly lady. a protest wednesday. no surprise, this video has yet to be shown on state media. >> it really does seem at the memo as if perhaps the biggest danger for president putin is the tru...

So, what are most russians hearing about the war thats being fought in their name? olga robinson from the bbc�*s russian monitoring department is herself half ukrainian and half russian. i think when it comes to russian disinformation, what you need to understand is that theres a whole industry of media narratives and media outlets that work essentially in unison. state run, state operated or pro—kremlin, privately owned by still pro—kremlin in in their output. for more than half of the po...

If that were to happen. so i think i think nato might think strategically in the long run. it will be good to have these countries in their membership. but at the height of a crisis like this, whether that is the right moment to do that, i think, you know, would would give pause to thought. for years now, president putin has been squeezing russias once lively and opinionated media to the point where independent voices have largely been silenced. so, what are most russians hearing about the war t...

The population, television is still the main source of news, and this is the core electorate for vladimir putin. apart from television, youve got pro—kremlin news websites, news agencies, youve got influencers on social media, media personalities that are incredibly popular. you would have a statement from, lets say, the russian defence ministry talking about atrocities in ukraine, and then that would be picked up by a range of media outlets, creating this sense of wide support for the narrati...