A cushioned and reassuring comfort zone. Russian state TV before and after the war (by F. Lazzarin)

(by Francesca Lazzarin, PhD in Slavic Studies, translator and interpreter) “Perhaps, to understand where we were going, we should have watched TV more often”, a friend and colleague, a young Russian university professor, writes to me in dismay, two days later on February 24th. Because he prefers private and progressive channels like “Dožd ‘” (known … Read more