Restrictions on news broadcast in the country are very strict, access to almost all independent media is either completely blocked or restricted, and self-censorship is observed.
The official state TV Rossiya 1, the state-controlled Channel One and NTV, owned by Gazprom's media, hosted detailed stories that more or less reproduced the same narrative and similar arguments.
Ακολουθεί η σύνοψη του BBC on how central themes of the war were covered:
-Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said there was a planned build-up of forces on the outskirts of Kiev and Chernihiv and that the first phase of the operation had achieved its objectives, which were "to hit the enemy's ability to operate without hitting cities including Kiev". He added that the forces were now focusing on the "complete liberation of Donbass."
-During the latest round of talks in Istanbul, the main idea of the reports was that Ukraine had finally been forced to accept the Russian demands that Moscow has been pushing for for years. Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky appeared in the dispatches to list the following: No membership in NATO or another military association, neutral status, no foreign bases or troops on Ukrainian territory, no nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction."
-Russian media attributed the strikes on residential buildings and civilian deaths in Donetsk and Lugansk to rocket attacks by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. They also reported that Russian forces and militants continue to deploy and consolidate territory, provide aid and restore services to "grateful" residents in recently occupied cities.
-For Western media coverage of the war, NTV and Channel One broadcast fragmented reports from Western media to highlight the "nature" of the Ukrainian forces. They highlighted in particular a viral video showing Russian prisoners being shot and abused that caused a shock abroad and attracted the attention of, among others, the New York Times.
-More "evidence" of Ukraine's Nazi tendencies was presented by a group of academics set up by the Russian Ministry of Education to examine history books found in schools "liberated" in Donbass cities. This is "brainwashing", said Education Minister Sergei Krachov. "It was all financed - and this is proven, by foreign states," he added, going on to say that "the US and Western countries issued special funds and the conditions in which history should be taught."
Source: skai.gr
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