What Russians are being told about the war in Ukraine

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The world has reacted with revulsion to stark images of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. But televisions in Moscow show a different story entirely, says Andrew Roth. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:09.9	Today, the war in Ukraine as it looks from Russia.
0:13.8	The war in Ukraine is a war in Ukraine.
0:25.8	I'm in Moscow, Russia right now.
0:27.8	I'm in my bedroom, which is the room with the TV in it.
0:31.8	We're going to turn it on and see what Russian State TV is playing right now.
0:35.8	What people are watching.
0:37.8	Right now, the first channel is Russia-Adin.
0:41.8	Right now, we have what appears to be a commercial for the bear bank,
0:47.8	which has just recently been sanctioned.
0:51.8	Andrew Roth is based in Moscow for the Guardian.
0:53.8	And this week, we asked him to do some channel hopping
0:57.8	and tell us what Russians are seeing right now on TV.
1:01.8	We keep going up.
1:03.8	We have clearly a kind of TV soap opera.
1:07.8	Next up is the TV Zvezda.
1:11.8	This is the military run TV station.
1:15.8	They do have that here.
1:17.8	A lot of it isn't so unusual.
1:19.8	And finally, we get to Channel 1,
1:23.8	which is the, I guess, main state run channel in Russia.
1:27.8	Except when you get to the news.
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