Exclusive: Putin is strangling journalism with ‘foreign agents’ law, says Nobel-winning Russian editor
A government-mandated red warning fills the screen ahead of every new segment in every show. It’s also compulsory in every tweet prominent on the channel’s website.
“THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF A FOREIGN AGENT, AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PEFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT,” it says.