London | President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on anti-war dissent in mainstream and social media on Friday (Saturday AEDT) will cut off most Russians’ access to information from Western sources, giving him space to spin his own mind-bending narrative.
If Russians are not seeing the military’s bombardment of residential buildings, schools and hospitals, or clips of tearful and demoralised Russian conscripts and bombed-out tanks, or evidence of Ukraine’s stirring popular resistance, what are they seeing?
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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
