Demonstrators march with a banner that reads: "Ukraine — peace, Russia — freedom," in Moscow on Thursday, after Russia's attack on Ukraine. As during the Soviet era, Russian media is effectively a branch of the Kremlin tasked with carrying out its imperatives. Adams, who has tracked Russian media, described outlets there as trying to “maintain the barest semblance of fairness and independence” while avoiding pointed criticism of the Kremlin. As if to underscore that very point, a Russian media regulatory body known as Roskomnadzor told outlets that they are “required to use information received exclusively from official Russian sources” on the military operations in Ukraine. Russian media has also reported on its own journalists allegedly being shot at in Donetsk.
