Where Russians go for the news
Journal: British Journalism Review
Year: 2022

While Ukrainians are being hit by Iranian suicide drones and threats of nuclear strikes following the attack on a major bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland in October, Russians are also suffering from shortages of food and other items, the first mobilisation since the Second World War, and the possibility of completely closed borders and martial law. Reactions to the changes vary. Some Russians are swallowing the official party line, believing that Putin is embroiled in a battle that b