Posted on May 26, 2022
Newshour - Ukraine war: The Russian journalists risking prosecution - BBC Sounds
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The BBC has seen direct evidence of civilian kilings by Russian forces, but in Russia, it's a crime to report news of these attacks and bombardments, and illegal to even call the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a war. Anyone who contradicts the official line on Russian military action risks arrest and up to 15 years in prison. Dozens of people have already been prosecuted for protesting or writing about the war - the latest in a long line of moves by President Putin to stifle free speech and eliminate checks on his power.
However, some Russian journalists are defying the censorship. The BBC's Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford speaks to some of those who are determined to report the facts from Ukraine.
"Truth is the regime's main enemy and it's using this law to squash all dissent in Russia and scare people into silence."
However, some Russian journalists are defying the censorship. The BBC's Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford speaks to some of those who are determined to report the facts from Ukraine.
"Truth is the regime's main enemy and it's using this law to squash all dissent in Russia and scare people into silence."
Newshour - Ukraine war: The Russian journalists risking prosecution - BBC Sounds
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."There are bullet holes in the front door where soldiers shot their way through to loot from them. The only thing they left untouched were her icons.
"Let the Russian people come and see what they did to us!" Her eyes fill with angry tears. "Fear and horror," she repeats.
But most in Russia will never even hear about such suffering. Because Vladimir Putin has not only launched a war on Russia's neighbour, he has declared a war on truth."
..."There are bullet holes in the front door where soldiers shot their way through to loot from them. The only thing they left untouched were her icons.
"Let the Russian people come and see what they did to us!" Her eyes fill with angry tears. "Fear and horror," she repeats.
But most in Russia will never even hear about such suffering. Because Vladimir Putin has not only launched a war on Russia's neighbour, he has declared a war on truth."
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