suspending the work of all of its journalists in russia while it assesses the implications of the new law. protests against the invasion have already led to thousands of arrests over the past eight days, but the demonstrations are still relatively small—scale. state propaganda exerts a powerful influence, and russians will now be left even more in the dark about what's really happening in ukraine. the russians have made much slower progress on the ground than they had hoped for, they had hoped in fact for lots more popular support from ukrainians in the eastern half of the country, which simply hasn't happened. but putin is now, to quote shakespeare, so deep stepped in blood that he's not going to turn back. his survival i suspect in the russian political system depends upon him carrying this war to a victory. so, for president putin, it's increasingly vital to control the narrative, as his war claims ever more ukrainian and russian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news.