September 22, 2014
Russian television station TV Rain, considered a “fresh, popular” voice in Russian media, has seen its reachable audience drop from 20 million to just 2 million after airing a documentary questioning the Soviet decision not to surrender Leningrad in World War II.
Did someone in the Kremlin pick up a phone? Government control of media has done a lot worse in the past.
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