over the russian war in ukraine, russia has begun to crack down on dissent at home. russian police have already detained more than 8,000 anti-war protesters in that country, according to the independent monitoring site, ovd info, and people are fleeing russia as rumors circulate that the russian government may impose martial law as soon as this weekend. the kremlin is cracking down on journalists in the country, passing a law that makes the spreading of, quote, fake news, which in this case means any bit of journalism that does not toe the kremlin party line, punish able by up to 15 years in prison. the possibility that that law could apply to foreign journalists has led the bbc and bloomberg news and cnn to shutter their operations, at least temporarily, in russia today. joining us now, carlos martinez, program director for the