as soon as we have new information. but i do want to turn now to the situation actually inside of russia, because even as latin or putin has reigned death and destruction and terror down on the citizens of ukraine, over his past week, he has also begun a swift and brutal crackdown at home. there s no doubt about that. over 1000 people have been arrested, and anti war rallies in russia. this, according to the russian human rights group, over the info. russia s last independent television statement, tv rain, shut down this week. echo of moscow, a popular radio station. it was actually founded in the 90s by soviet dissidents. that, shut down as well today. the longtime editor of the independent russian newspaper, who actually won the noble plea piece by just a couple of months ago says that his paper could be on the verge of shutting down as well. in fact, he tells the new york times quote, everything that is not propaganda is being eliminated. and one of the main drivers of
see, not to read, not to know some part of it and focus on their own needs. the atm does not lie. karina orlova, thank you very much. and we are so sorry echo of moscow has been taken off the air. russia captures the largest nuclear plant after they attacked it overnight, a deadly attack. stand by for new details on this. this is the planning effect. if rayna s thinking about retirement, she ll get some help from fidelity to envision what s possible. fidelity can help her prioritize her goals
liquidated. yes. it has. it was a symbol of a new russia. it was founded in 1990 when the soviet union fell apart. and the only time, until yesterday, it had been cut off air was in 199 1, the coup attempt by the kgbs. the coup attempt failed and echo of russia continued 30 more years. yesterday it stopped to exist. when i went to wikipedia to check on facts and dates, the first sentence states echo of moscow was a radio station. and it really broke my heart. . this could be the end. certainly it s the end during this critical period for russians to get independent information. and right now there s also been a regulation or a law passed in russia that puts in place jail
for the denazification and demilitarisation of ukraine, so that the anti russia on our borders will not threaten us. total control of the messaging is what the kremlin wants now in this war. this is echo of moscow. they are still broadcasting in social media, but there radio programmes and website have been blocked censorship over their coverage of the war in ukraine. this woman has worked at echo for 18 years. now, russia s oldest liberal radio station says it is being forced to close. we just can say, welcome to north korea, or maybe welcome to the ussr. right now in 2022, you cannot destroy all the voices of the truth.
the kremlin regime has conducted very swiftly and very successfully, and that has been the war of what remained of independent media in russia, what made the russian civil society. literally every single major independent source in russia has been shut down and past few weeks. an echo of moscow radio station that has been synonymous with quality independent journalism in russia has been shut down. we have dozens of people who have been indicted under this new clause, this new so-called defense of speaking out against the war. this includes today, for example, a russian orthodox priest in the region of costa is being charged and find for speaking out against killings, against the war in his sermon in church. now that is outlawed in vladimir putin s russia. so the astonishing a mind-boggling fact, however incredulous it sounds, is that most people in russia today do not even know that there is a