Russia’s War on Journalists

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/23/russias-war-on-journalists/

March 23, 2022

Russia’s War on Journalists

by Eric Draitser

The latest developments, including:
– Popular Russian journalists facing criminal charges
– The “fifth columnists” propaganda
– Hypocrisy of Putin’s fan club on censorship
– Russia losing 150,000 IT specialists by April
– Dagestan as recruiting ground for Putin’s war
– More than 15,000 arrests in Russia for antiwar activities since invasion

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