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It's hard being the BBC's man in Moscow.

You are shaping the perception.

And the perception that Russia is guilty.

That's what you are doing.

You get accused of things, even by government spokespeople.

And this is propaganda. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry to say this. You. And this is propaganda. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry to say this.

You are a piece of propaganda.

Steve Rosenberg's been reporting from Russia for more than 25 years.

He's one of only a handful of Western journalists left in Moscow.

Sometimes it gets quite personal.

As we reach four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there's been an intensified crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent. Russia's now ranked in the bottom 10 countries on the World Press Freedom Index.

We're in the air over four hours. Yeah, be able to. Yeah, I'm going to. It's especially difficult when Vladimir Putin knows who you are and says that you're being paid to attack him. You're not going to do not. No, they're without any of the doing. They're not doing. They not doing. I'm not working. You're going to be BBC News.

Right.

From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redmond in London.

And today on the global story, the tightrope of reporting in Russia.

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Hello, Steve. It's great to have you with us. Thank you for joining us.

Thank you. It's nice to be back with you. I'm Steve Rosenberg. I'm the BBC's Russia editor, based in Moscow,

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