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interesting ali, the russian state media regulator told russian media outlets that they are not too allowed to refer to this as a war or an invasion or an attack. the term the russian government prefers's special operation, and any deviants from that line is being censored. i'll tell you ayman, there's a growing sense of alarm in moscow about those economic sanctions that the u.s. and its european allies are said they will move along with. news that russia might be partially kicked off the swift network, its central bank is going to have some of its assets frozen. it's arrived like a thunderclap here. and a lot of ordinary, middle class russians, who have nothing to do with this war, are very concerned about the value of the ruble, the russian currency, and whether their savings will be worth anything at the end of the crisis if this currency continues to slide the way it is. you know this from the middle east, sanctions are aimed at the political leadership, but
out their next moves, in an environment where they don't have a lot of information, and they are getting very little sense from the government about where this is going next. >> so i have about 30 seconds left, given that lack of information, what is russian social media like right now? >> it is throttles. twitter is very, very slow here, facebook has been slow down. and, the russian state media regulator has made very clear, that they are going to stomp out anything on social media that contradicts the official narrative coming out of the kremlin. v k is the big russian social media network, it's kind of the equivalent to facebook, and that is being censored. you cannot talk about a war, an invasion, an attack on ukraine. they're going to around to making sure the people are using that official narrative, -- >> row sanchez, nbc news foreign correspondent, nice to get a little more time with you than usual. according to the un, over 1