Russia's government creates no illusion of press freedoms. Most of its prominent media, TV channels to the Russian news agency TASS, are owned by the government, and journalists critical of that censorship risk livelihoods and their lives. On the eve of the invasion, Roskomnadzor - the agency responsible for controlling and censoring Russia media - issued a statement informing media “they are obliged to only use information and data they have received from official Russian sources.” The statement warned unnamed media have spread “unverified and unreliable information.” Despite it, Russian citizens in Moscow and St. Petersburg had taken to the streets in opposition to war. (Time 02/24/22) The World Is Watching Russia Invade Ukraine. But Russian Media Is Telling a Different Story (msn.com)
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