TV Rain was Russia's last remaining independent TV station. They went off the air this month.

The last words before the program ended, no to war. Definitely no to war.

Then the hosts left their set. Many of the station's journalists fled Russia after that,

including Tihon Zedko, the editor-in-chief. He and his family went to Blesi, Georgia,

where my co-host Mary Louise Kelly spoke with him last week. He is one of the tens of

thousands of Russians who have fled since the start of the war. I think all what is happening

is absolutely unpredictable. One month ago we lived in a different world. I was sure that

the war was not going to happen. Even though TV Rain, as he knew it, is over, Zedko still feels

a responsibility to continue to report out the news. We have to continue spreading information

and truth to Russians and Russian speaking audience. We don't know where, we don't know how, we don't

know when, but definitely sooner or later, rather sooner than later, we will continue broadcasting.

Since arriving into Blesi, he and his wife have started a YouTube channel. He's not sure if

reporting from outside Russia will pose a risk to their safety, but he's trying not to think about

the potential consequences right now. Instead, he's thinking about how to get the news and the truth

of what's happening to Russian people back home. A lot of people in Russia are brainwashed by the

propaganda and a lot of people in Russia, unfortunately, don't understand what is actually

happening in Ukraine or in Russia or in the world. It is our role now to try to reach out to

every citizen of Russia, telling them that black is still black, white is still white, because

unfortunately, Russian government wants them to think black could be red or black could be blue,

and the war is not a war that Russian army is succeeding there.

And while Zedko is thinking about his homeland from a neighboring country wondering if and when

it'll be safe to return, consider this. It is not an entirely unfamiliar moment. Tens of

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