Russia

Public service broadcasters continue to play a crucial role in providing factual, trusted coverage of the Ukraine war.

The latest action taken by Russian officials – which includes banning some UK public media workers from reporting from inside Russia – is another blow to independent journalism in the country.  

The closure of the public media organisation's Moscow bureau demonstrates further curtailment of independent and free press in Russia.

Czech Television has launched a new service for children to seek information and ask questions about the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian journalist, Marina Ovsyannikova, was fined after disrupting state broadcaster Channel One by holding a sign saying “No War”.

Starting this week, Swedish Radio will publish a daily news podcast in Russian about the war in Ukraine, available to all European media. 

A host of public media organisations have decided to stop broadcasting out of Russia due to safety concerns.

Die 'Global Task Force for public media' (GTF) verurteilt den russischen Angriff auf einen Fernsehturm und Sendeanlagen in Kiew, der offensichtlich darauf abzielt, den ukrainischen Bürgerinnen und Bürgern mitten im Krieg genaue Informationen vorzuenthalten.

The Global Task Force (GTF) for public media condemns the Russian attack at a TV tower and broadcasting facilities in Kyiv, which is seemingly an effort to deprive Ukrainian citizens of accurate information in the midst of a war.

Figures released by the BBC show millions of Russians are turning to BBC News: their Russian language news website tripled its weekly-average.