critic of president putin has been detained in moscow. he has survived two suspected poisonings. a russian opposition politician says he was detained outside his apartment building. it s unclear what charges he may face, but it s unlikely the russian people will get much information about it anyway. independent media outlets have opinion banned, and state media is a propaganda machine. cnn s chief media correspondent brian stelter reports on the russian misinformation campaign about its unprovoked invasion. reporter: here is what russia s upside down media world is like. they claim the train station missile strike in eastern ukraine was committed by ukraine despite all evidence to the contrary. this post from the foreign affairs ministry parroted by pro-russian accounts on social media, claims that kyiv regime wants more of its own civilians
media channels broadcasting propaganda 24/7. they do not want to hear anybody putting across a different version of events, and they re prepared to go to extreme measures to make sure that doesn t happen. matthew chance, thank you so much. so in a country where simply telling the truth is punishable by prison time as you heard, it might not surprise you that lying about the war in ukraine is officially sanctioned. that said, the sheer amount of propaganda russians are hearing about the war is staggering. more on that from brian stelter. reporter: here s what russia s upside down media world is like. they claim the train station missile strike in eastern ukraine was committed by ukraine, despite all evidence to the contrary. this post from the foreign affairs ministry parroted by pro-russian accounts on social media claims the kyiv regime wants more of its own civilians to die. russians who get their truth
out of russian media. reporter: here s what russia s upside down media world is like. they claim the train station missile strike in eastern ukraine was committed by ukraine, despite all evidence to the contrary. this post from the foreign affairs ministry prorated on social media claims that kyiv regime wants more of its own civilians to die. russians who get their truth from the state media are living in an alternate reality. reporter: every day, m madeleine roache watches the state run tv. the russian army is portrayed as triumphant, as not sustaining any losses, any casualties, and certainly not committing any atrocities. meanwhile, according to the state media, it is the ukrainian army exiting atrocities, killing civilians, sustaining heavy