War in Ukraine LIVE: Referendums will have “consequences” on regional security… – 20 Minutes

07:31: Exiled in Latvia, free Russian media challenges Kremlin propaganda Exiled in Latvia after the start of the war in Ukraine, free Russian media strives to provide independent information to millions of Russians subjected to Kremlin propaganda. “Those who control the information control the situation,” says Tikhon Dzyadko, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian television Dojd. Russian channels,” he adds. Fortunately, “Russia is not the USSR with the Iron Curtain, and you can get information through the Internet, from social media. The digital iron curtain is not solid”, he underlines, in a newsroom installed in Riga. Rare independent media of Russia, critical of the Kremlin, Dojd (the Rain) was blocked at the beginning of March. Dojd’s editorial staff is not the only one to have found refuge in the Latvian capital. Others, including Novaïa Gazeta Europe and the Moscow editorial staff of Deutsche Welle, have taken quarters there. The independent site Meduza has been working on it since 2014.