Russian state media, which is strictly controlled by the Kremlin, is used in part as a tool to overplay Vladimir Putin s global influence to its civilian viewership. The state channels often call on the Russian autocrat to wage war with NATO to mask the reality that such a prospect is not feasible.
Russian state TV host Olga Skabayeva was scarcely able to conceal her scepticism as military propagandist Igor Korotchenko declared the explosion was planned by Washington and London.
You only have to hear the words of Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian President and Vladimir Putin’s long term chief sidekick, to realise just how far Russia has propelled itself from the circle of civilised nations. Putin’s Russia not only uses state assassinations as an instrument of policy, but jokes and boasts about it too Dmitry
Moscow enjoys near total control of the media landscape, with all of Russia s largest newspapers and broadcasters either fully or partially funded by the state.