Russian authorities continue crackdown on independent media

In Russia, authorities continue to crack down on independent media. One of the tools the Kremlin uses to harass, and in some cases silence independent voices is to brand them as “foreign agents” One of the latest media organizations in Russia to be labeled as a “foreign agent” is TV Rain, Russia’s most popular independent TV news network. Host Carol Hills speaks with Mikhail Fishman, an independent journalist and an anchor with TV Rain.

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