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People see it. basically, that was an inauthentic trend. you know, that could be a troll farm, it could just be spam accounts, it could be people trolling. but they were doing it in a concerted effort, as a way to push it out there as a deterrent. but the other issue is, here with russia, it really got pushed, up and people started denouncing. that's why it got pushed up the trend box even further as people were saying, i don't do this. i don't stand with putin, using the hashtag, still. that's in the still overarching being here. russian propaganda, worldwide, has rolled around the last few w...

>> yes. [end of translation] >> that was nbc's alison barbara earlier today. now more on brittney griner who has been detained by russia, reportedly for three weeks, the two-time olympic gold medalist have been held on suspicion of alleged drug trafficking. russian customs officials say she's trying to board a plane with a vague cartridge containing cannabis oil. but why did it take so long for russia to reveal her arrest? and could it become a political chess piece for vladimir putin, as he pushes back on western opposition to invasion of ukraine. let's bring in our panel once again. elise la...

Through here. and have travel through here, i should say, on train, in vehicles. i'm only 50 miles from the polish border. so this has become a major way station. and it's in both directions. you've got refugees fleeing from the fighting, and you have this very incredibly emotional scene where fathers and brothers are taking their families to the border, and then turning around to fight. if you are between the ages of 18 and 60, and you are male, you are required to stay in the country. you're not allowed to leave. you are expected to go to the front. and the fighting at the front is horrifyin...

And yesterday, she spoke to the bbc about how her mom and dad back and moscow didn't believe her, when she told them russian forces were attacking her city. i didn't want to scare my parents, but i started telling them directly that civilians and children are dying. her parents responded that the russian army would never target civilians. that it's ukrainians who are killing their own people! oleksandra explain her mother just repeats the narrative that she hears on russian state tv. now, keep in mind, now that putin has signed a law that criminalizes any independent news reporting about the i...

Know, russia to be boycotted. we're seeing members of congress here introduce legislation to call on a divestment of russian companies, the sanctioning of a government. are we entering a new era? the russian foreign minister put out a statement for the russian embassy, warning people of russia phobia. and they're gonna be tracking it, and monitoring it closely. but have we begun and new era of the cold war between the west and russia? >> [inaudible] i'm old enough to remember with that cold war was like. and you have the amplifying effect of social media. so the russia phobia, it will be rampe...