Even in peacetime prior to this invasion, 75 to 80% of people in Russia get their information

exclusively from television.

And that is basically about the number of people that are supportive of Vladimir Putin.

So all the people that supported this in the first place get all the information from television.

And the dissidents and people who are questioning things, they still have access to the internet.

In terms of radio, television, newspapers, every single independent media outlet in Russia has been shut down.

There is no independent television, there's no independent radio, there's no independent newspapers in Russia.

At all, not even a little bit.

Hello and welcome to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill.

This is a podcast in which an esteemed guest joins me to talk about the big ideas, the bad ideas,

the problems and the controversies of life in the early 21st century.

In this episode, I am delighted to be joined by Constantine Kissin.

Constantine is a comedian and commentator.

Since 2018, he has co-hosted Trigonometry with Francis Foster,

a very popular reason-based podcast and YouTube show.

He has performed his stand-up routines across the UK, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

And he's written for numerous publications on comedy, censorship, the culture wars,

wokeness and many other issues.

Constantine is also the author of a forthcoming book called An Immigrants Love Letter to the West,

which is published in July.

So, Constantine, there is a lot of stuff I want to talk to you about,

but it would be remiss of me not to start off by asking you about Russia and Ukraine.

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