Russian independent TV boss flees Moscow over media crackdown
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The editor-in-chief of Russia’s sole independent TV news channel has left the country. Tikhon Dzyadko of TV Rain (Dozhd) fled Russia after the channel’s website was blocked by government authorities. It followed a warning for media outlets to stop spreading what Russian communications regulators describe as “false information” about what they call a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from the Russian capital, Moscow. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #Dozhd #TVRain