funny. he hates biden, he likes trump. so what? >> reporter: no irony that in russia, unlike america, criticizing the president is off limits, and never more so than now. in the past year independent media here have been almost completely crushed. >> it's a feeling of tense and it's all the time. you can never be -- you can never be sure that tomorrow you will be -- you will be all right. you can never be sure that tomorrow your tv station will still be alive. >> reporter: an anchor at tv rain, one of russia's last independent stations. it is designated a foreign agent. kremlin law that can snuff it out. she is all too familiar with state tvs manipulations, how they use western media and play karlsson against his broadcast