Staff at an independent Russian TV station, Dozhd (TV Rain), walked out live on air while declaring ‘No to war’ after being shut down over their coverage of the Ukraine invasion. The decade-long defiance of Dozhd was silenced, at least for a while, by a brutal new law, passed unanimously in the Russian parliament, which bans news organisations from reporting anything about the war except state-approved press releases. Journalists and media owners who contravene the new legislation could be jailed for up to 15 yearsDefiant to the last, Moscow’s media star takes aim at Putin’s brutal clampdownRussia-Ukraine war: live news Continue reading…
Staff at an independent Russian TV station, Dozhd (TV Rain), walked out live on air while declaring ‘No to war’ after being shut down over their coverage of the Ukraine invasion. The decade-long defiance of Dozhd was silenced, at least for a while, by a brutal new law, passed unanimously in the Russian parliament, which bans news organisations from reporting anything about the war except state-approved press releases. Journalists and media owners who contravene the new legislation could be jailed for up to 15 years