Is calling on the government to do more to improve pay slash energy bills and improve housing affordability. Ah. Just a quick look at the main stories are following the cell now into russia says that its withdrawn its troops from the strategically important town of li mine in eastern new cranes. Danny asked region to stop in guessing and circled ukraines president. Rodney zalinski says the ukrainian flag is now flying in the town, but fighting is still ongoing. It served as a logistics and chance bob for moscow connecting east new cranes. The north withdrawal comes a day off to president , putin declared danielle and 3 other regions. Part of russia, meanwhile, russian authorities of detain, the director of ukraines upper region Nuclear Power plant. The Nuclear Watchdog says rusher is confirmed that you are more a shop was held for questioning. And other developments, greece and bulgaria of inaugurated a long delayed gas pot pipeline, which will help reduce europes dependence on Russian Energy in ports. It delivers gas to bulgaria from as a by john via an existing pipeline called at the southern gas corridor. Gary, a used to receive 80 percent of its gas from russia that was before russia decided to launch an atrocious war against ukraine and an energy war against europe. This pipeline is a game changer. Its a game changer for bulgaria and for europes energy security. And it means freedom. It means freedom from dependency on russian gas. I have been demonstrations and gunfire bikini fast, so a day after the military said he had taken over the government and installed a new leader, self declaring military, captain abram torre said in a statement on the sate broadcast. So thats where it was that to also lead up paul, on read the amoeba, had taken refuge of french bass. French Embassy Denies that its armies had any involvement in recent events. There. Thousands of gathered in the rocky hospital to month a 3rd anniversary of major demonstrations against the government protests in 2019 called for an entre rampant corruption and higher employment. In what became known as the to sri Movement Security was tightened around baghdad with most of its bridges and main roads close. Most of the headlines the listening post is coming up. Next news. News. News. News in brazil is election. The tree democratic test will come after the vote. Both scenario wont go down without a fight. A fall from leftist grace. Daniel ortegas all out assault on journalism in nicaragua, and rising from Mussolini Asher on the italian write. A satirical explainer on the new government enroll the hello. Im Richard Gilbert in europe. The listening post where we dig into the coverage and examine how news gets reported. We begin in brazil where voters are heading to the polls on sunday in an election in which democracy is also on the ballot. 4 months now, president year both sonata has raised the prospect of electoral fraud. Casting doubt on the process before a vote was cast. Both nato can see whats coming. The right winger is trailing in the polls. Hes a long way behind his ideological opposite the to time former president lula, the silver. Back in 2018. Both nato and his social media team used a variety of falsehoods. That went viral on platforms such as whats that and facebook that helped get him into office. Brazil has changed since that the public and the news media have grown more digitally savvy, more attuned to the dangers of disinformation, and more focused on other pocket book issues. But with both sonata promising to accept defeat only if the election is judged to be fair by him, there is plenty of stick. Our starting point this week is the brazilian president ial election. So much of what brazil has witnessed over the last 5 years in its politics and me mirrors the american experience. The us had donald trump, brazil shy, irritable sonata populous with right wing ideas that were sold to voters largely through social media. Both president s suffered from coven 19 denial, syntron, and paid for it with their popularity. So why would bull so not all weight as trumpeted until after the october, 2nd election to claim it was stolen in what is happening in brazil is kind of the thing that happened with trump in the west. But he reverse the fake news. The dizzying formation of our fraud in the election, which happened in 2020 in the u. S. Has like been going on in here for a couple of months even a year. So the Brazilian Society in journalism and the court has really worked, you pray bunk. This kind of misinformation to in this gave the people who are doing this. So its society is much more aware and much more prepared to deal with it both tonight at this time. Its not crying so much to undermine. Ah, his competitors, his target is their electoral authority, brazil hes trying to undermine the Public Confidence in our halting season. We use their electron falls and his trying to sell the idea that its vulnerable to fraud. Despite that we, we never had a fraud in almost 30 years. Was i think wilson, that has been saying for about a year that he, we only leave his position if hes arrested. Oh, keywords. In fact, hes afraid of the consequences of the investigations. He and he sends out a going through, so both on that has a fear of being arrested. The older thinks he sais out of more bombast than genuine threats that might come to vice concrete, chism, j, eatable. So nato adopted Donald Trumps social media heavy Campaign Tactics from 2016, refined them, and rode them to victory in brazil. 2 years later, he was one of the 1st to go all in on whatsapp, where his surrogates and influencers spread. Plenty of disinformation bull sonata gave the Mainstream Media the Cold Shoulder and turned his supporters against journalists, putting many reporters and risk. Oh, well they thought i did not go as president. He kept the disinformation come. He had an office responsible for pouring fake news on to social media and trashing his opponents. One Police Officer working for a Supreme Court investigation into balls and aro, described it as the president s cabinet of hate. Mm. I, they had to get the idea that there isa hate cabinet inside the planet to palace. The president s office is almost unbelievable. A specific structure maintained by the state to lie about the actions of the executive. Its very toxic. We see the impact of that in the election to day. We have seen it over the past 4 years, this radicalization of opinions and polarization in brazil, including in journalistic coverage, just commented as your manuscript was a lot of different books. And that has had a big impact on a work over the past 4 years. Weve had to think of various strategies to combat amazing formation from a so meant to scatter the magic when incentives, which is ive been either dishes. Yes. Dish bait welcomed me cause the process started to use the words lie because it was clear that it was intentional. We started saying hes literally lying bull. Summer has left many lessons for us, including the needed to think about security because many journalists have been physically hurt while covering both on our putting the water. Bull sonata is still a big deal online and has many more followers than other candidates. But unlike 2018, that is not reflected in the polls where the former president , lula da silva, a leftist is leaving him in the dust bowl sonata has been damaged by his initial refusal to take the pandemic. Serious brazils death toll is now approaching 700000. With the country in a recession, voters are increasingly concerned with cost of living. And the social media landscape has changed. Whatsapp, which was a disinformation free for all in 2018, has been real then by regulators at least part the ball. So narrow campaigns focus on another less regulated app. Telegram has not paid off. Its much less popular with brazilians than whats foreigners ago. Wilson, i know completely dominated day tweet us her year and the viral videos, social media. And it took long. But the last finally understood that is an important a bed up to fight. And luna himself is not so literate in this can. But he has a lot of people who are working with him, so theyre learning the thing to lie at need. Yeah. Lula is media friendly in the old ways of campaigning on tv radio, walking in the street rallies. It can sometimes seem a bit outdated, but no, he is venturing into space. Is that both sal nato occupies like take talk and instagram. And lola is grounding his social Media Campaign with influencers like musicians were very famous in brazil, i went to the angel of s. E o, lula to silvers political rebirth amounts to were a beauty ation of brazils justice system. And much of its news. He was jailed in 2017 in a Corruption Scandal known as carwash. The real scandal turned out to involve the prosecution. The judge who investigated lawless p. T party. Sergio morrow, who bull sonata later made his minister of justice. A force that i there for the love ive shopped, dental, sure, waste. But essentially a mice only the sugar, so included you. But brazils biggest broadcaster, global, and other news outlets that lead to the right championed that investigation and called for heads to roll, including louis eventually justice was done. After a year and a half lula was released from prison. The corruption charges against him dropped in the last decade, not only in brazil, whatever in the world, people have been expressing revolt against the state of things, the car wash operation of various march strategy, used that rage and pointed it against one party which was b t the media was used with a specific targeted leaks in this scheme, which has proven to be at least biased according to the Supreme Court. But i am very surprised by how quickly the media has shifted most and i represent search ah, an existential threat to prison. Democracy that the media was clear about what was going to happen and started being extremely, you know, good. The coming days could prove defined for brazils, historically shaky democracy. This is a precedent with a well documented fondness for the military dictatorship that ruled the country for 2 decades. Starting in the mid 19 sixtys. Having raised the prospect of an illegitimate election outcome in peoples minds, bull sonata appears, willing to put brazil by one a dangerous path and the water sink both a lot of can do, of course, is bring some level of distress in our electro system. Oh, on the me we have no idea of what he means by clean. Does him in results favors in our is hail k. Recognize in diverse results . We dont know yet. Its kind of were going through a bit of an fly. Its rises where well go back to latin america and just a few minutes. But 1st to moscow, at a time when thousands of russian men are fleeing the country for fear of being drafted into the army and deployed in ukraine, the american whistleblower Edward Snowden has become a russian citizen monopoly. Robbie has been tracking this story. Richard, at the start of this week, Edward Snowden was gone to russian citizenship by president ial decree. He applied for it more than a year and a half ago tweeting at the time that he and his wife had no desire to be separated for my son. Thats why in this ita of pandemic includes borders where applying for dual us russian citizenship back in 2013 snowden was behind one of the most consequential intelligence beaches in us history. He the tiny classified documents, some the National Security agency revealing and the Legal Program of government phone surveillance targeting millions of americans feeling hed be charged under the u. S. Espionage act. Snowdon fled to hong kong, then moscow, and got stuck in russia when us authorities revoked. His lockport is problematic, and of course i would like to return to the United States. That is the ultimate goal. But if im going to spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom line demand that we all have to agree to is that at least i get a fair trial. The government wants to have a different kind of trial. They want to use special procedures. They want to be able to close the court room. They want the public not to be able to go know whats going on. During the time in russia, snowden has continued working as an activist on Digital Privacy and surveillance. Why . He has tweeted on issues of corruption and oppression in russia has been largely silent about the war on ukraine. His citizenship comes at a time when put and have ratcheted up threats of Nuclear Warfare and has issued orders to conscript hundreds of thousands more soldiers for the war effort. The u. S. Government response to snowden citizenship came from the state department. Mr. Snowdon ship returned to the United States where he should face justice as any other american citizen was perhaps the only thing that has changed is that as a result of his citizenship, apparently now he may well be conscripted to fight and rep or, you know, the lawyer has confirmed that since putins mobilization orders relate to russians with Prior Experience in the army, his client is unlikely to be on the front lines anytime soon. While russian citizenship offers snowden and his family, some security, it makes the already extremely slim chances of a return to the United States. Natalie still, thanks me. Back to latin america now, where in the early ninetys, nicaragua was Daniel Ortega was the poster child of leftists everywhere, a socialist revolutionary who had helped overthrow the us back to military dictatorship. That rule this country. Hes now president ortega and under his rule, nicaragua has become a living hell for journalists. Just last week the government ban cnn Spanish Language service from the countries. Airwaves file and thing, one of the very few outlet critical ortega with foreign reporters, banned from entering the work of journalists inside the country has become crucial, but can be life threatening, arbitrary arrests, harassment, Death Threats of become the norm. Newsrooms have been rated dozens ordered to close. Many journalists have sought to sanctuary abroad. What remains is a media landscape dominated by Daniel Ortega and his Vice President rosario morrill, who happens to be his wife. The listening post talking often now on the one time revolutionary turns enemy of the press, nicaragua, nightmarish media environment. And the journalists continuing to show resistance, ah, they 30 to worn down my house with me and my children inside. Ready they come up to you from all sides. I have lost my voice, and i have also lost my identity as a journalist because we are so afraid of been imprisoned or losing their lives for the few critical john this left inside nicaragua, those resisting the governments efforts to turn the country into an information black hole reporting anonymously is the only option they have left a merciless current down on descent means. Journalism is practiced by stealth with reporters for going a bi line. Fearful of the danger. It may bring any one who wants to report outside the red lines set by the government of pricey than the miller. Dana has to be silenced with condo journalism in the open. If you try to records, i need to be in public. The police will be there in a matter of seconds. We are under constant surveillance. We are afraid. My name no longer appears or nana my work. I am a globe besta. The word used by the regime to describe anyone who doesnt conform to the governments agenda. And this john is not the only so called called p, sta threatened with jail time or worse in 2018, spontaneous nationwide protests or violently suppressed by security forces. More than 300 people were killed, thousands more were injured or arrested, and imprisoned. Independent news outlets have paid the price for reporting that story investigative journalist and held her horner good shot and killed ma, broadcasting live up to protest. Dozens of Media Outlets and engineers have since been rated and shut a small number of journalists who decided to stay in the country live a precarious existence. Many of those journalists have explained to me that they have the suitcases ready, the papers ready, their children, and the families know that at any given moment, they may have to flee the country and go across mountains and grow across dangerous areas where they can be caught and then end up in jail. Life is very difficult for nick ra ones who are and eggs are unused. Not jess journalist. You have more than 200000 nicaragua who had had to flee the country because otherwise they would end up in jail or wouldnt. And got been killed by d o tega maria regime in the mass exodus that followed the violence in 2018. Some. 140 journalists fled the country. Among them was Carlos Fernando tomorrow. An outspoken critic of the government, a member of the political and media family that has long stood in opposition to the tag in our lives and works in exile from costa rica. I went into exile for the 1st time in 2019 to avoid being taking as a prisoner after my newest room. Confused gala had been radius and occupy by the police. And i came to costa rica to preserve my freedom and to keep reporting from here. Then i went back to the guard. I were in late november 2019 after some of our colleagues, jordan alleys who have been in prison have been release. So we said, okay, were going to test the government in 2021. I had to leave again because my newsroom was assaulted for the 2nd time. I because they so imposed censorship. A day i took into prison more than 40 as civic leaders, political leaders, president ial candidate, jordan, at least a business men, a human ride defenders that wound up included one lens or homan tomorrow. The publisher of la pensa, one of the oldest newspapers in latin america, la printers, offices were rated unoccupied by police, blah, fear of the home and tomorrow was convicted of money laundering. Despite no credible evidence being produced by the authorities. The papers last remaining employees were forced to leave the country in july. Whats happened to le plan for is indicative of a wider pattern of measures against the pref. What local john, this cool economic asphyxia. A mix of arrests, harassment occupying newsrooms and confiscating equipment. They did every, every c 2 am to finish them off, including not allowing them to have paper, not allowing them to have inc, that to the point that in the end, the appraiser, the last sprinted newspaper in nicaragua, had to close down the heart of the strategy of the new note taker, im brazilian real, had been to eliminate any independent media reporting. They bought newspapers, they bought television networks, where they reported every single day. Their ration of the troops on to the last decade. The president and his family have quietly built a vast media empire, gaining ownership or control of nearly every news outlets in the country. Daniel ortega have come a long way in the 1970s. He will, the socialist, the recently in the Sandinista National liberation front, which in 1979 toppled the u. S. By summer, the dictatorship, political dynasty that had ruled nicaragua for decades. In 1984, ortega became president in the 1st free election in the can. I with history, he was voted out and returned to power in 2007 with the help and media, sorry of his wife and Vice PresidentRosario Maria. Maria. If the face of the governments propaganda is chief spokeswoman and media strategist. And we got our, we have a family dictatorship, it is not much different than what the somoza dictatorship used to be. Or they are the president under a ceremony or his wife. They want to impose themselves as a dynasty. And they have impose a police stating that i work with a media id. But really, every day amy got our around noon, we hear the voice of rosario video, who is the spot women of the government, get a new company. I didnt see him, but in my yeah, a loose the that even a death. And shes not answering any question from any jordan alleys. What you hear is a monologue through the official television, unofficial radio, in that monologue she may offer. He is in love. There were never talk above Human Rights Violations or government corruption. This is simply an alternative reality. Listening post requested interviews with Vice PresidentRosario Maria as well as her son, daniel edmondo, also a spokesman, but never heard back under will take of leadership. Nicaragua has come to resemble the dictatorship, he helped overthrow the utopian ideals of the sun. Denise, the revolution eclipsed by the president dystopian police staying. But despite the governments best efforts to muzzle nicaraguan jar, unless there are those who continue to speak out, albeit from the shadows, we thought of closing down the media, persecuting journalist, and cutting off the your sources of income was the only way they were going to start reporting the crown mm. But we have reinvented ourselves. We have found in social media and gray ally to be able to continue spreading information where is still standing. Neither censorship, not economic oppression, not the threat of imprisonment or even death. 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