unfortunately, this solution does not address the problem of the fact that still, - most russians watch tv newsl and, according to the different polls, they use russian official information - as the main source of their. information about the world. but in a few months, - i do hope that many more and more people will be more interested in getting - non official information and getting alternative i information because, . as the sanctions will hit russian the population harder, | and as there will be more news about the death of russian soldiers in ukraine, - more and more people will be interested in alternative - information. and i do hope that yourj viewership will increase significantly in- the next few months. olga, thank you i know
true information is essential. and for me personally as a user, it doesn t matter should i use vpn or other channels of getting the information? i think it is essential, right now, it is really complicated to get information. so that s why i totally support the decision of the bbc. so you support it let s also bring in olga irisova, who s editor in chief of riddle russia, an online journal covering russian news. you re based in berlin, olga i wonder if you and your russian friends and colleagues see the bbc as a helpful and a credible source of information at this perilous moment for your part of the world? hi, thanks for having me. so i can only praise the bbc for this brave decision. - but i would also say that i
information about freely available vpn services, and also the sifon service and the torbrowser, the so called dark web browser that would allow people to continue to access these services. and we can see from traffic that they are continuing to access them because, although traffic has fallen significantly, it hasn t fallen to zero. so we know that some of the digital information we re publishing from outside of russia is continuing to get through an absolutely vital lifeline service to our audiences inside the country. nonetheless, i m sure you ll be aware that the russian government will see these actions as something that is supporting the western perspective on this conflict, and the western desired outcomes in this conflict. i wonder if the bbc consulted with the uk foreign office before announcing these measures? no, it s something we ve decided to do on our own, very much in line with other circumvention measures we ve used in the past. it s very important to underline that th
web to try and access some of these services you re listing. is that not a reasonably antagonistic position for the bbc to be adopting, and why have you decided it s still worth doing? well, of course, circumventing blocking is nothing new to the bbc world service. there s a number of markets we operate in so particularly our iranian services, our farsi services foraudiences in iran, but also services we do for audiences in north korea, for example, and whatever information we re able to get into mainland china, where we ve also been blocked for many, many years. so encouraging audiences to circumvent blocking is nothing new for us. and, of course, it s absolutely right that we give out information about freely available vpn services, and also the sifon service and the torbrowser, the so called dark web browser that would allow people to continue to access these services. and we can see from traffic that they are continuing to access them because, although traffic has fallen signific
dozhd continued its broadcasting on youtube, but on thursday, the ceo of the company and founder of the company, her name is natalie sindeyeva, had to suspend the broadcasting because of the new law you just mentioned. do you think it s the end of your company? i hope there ll be another another launch, another relaunch very soon. well, we appreciate you joining us on the media show today, vera, you re going to be spending the whole edition with us. thank you very much. and as we re hearing from you, the information available to russians is clearly under severe pressure, we also know that russian state tv isn t giving an accurate account of the war in ukraine. and in that context, here s a further question for us all to consider. how does the bbc fit into this equation? and the reason i ask the question is that on monday, the bbc announced a raft