Just a few hours after Echo Moskvy, Dozhd is halting its work, "temporarily" for now. They say it's because of the law, about to be passed, criminalizing publication of "fake news" — eg, that there is a war in Ukraine. In one day, two of Russia's top independent outlets close.
they're letting viewers thank them and say goodbye, live on the air
"We are on the right side of history," says Tikhon Dzyadko. "We know what is truth, and what is hypocritical manipulation. However horrible things are now ... we will win. I want to thank everyone."
"I love you all very much. You are all very important to me," Dzyadko, editor-in-chief of Dozdh, says. "Dozhd is an island of normality. It's all of us. And there are a lot of us. So thank you. I embrace you all."
Everyone looks devastated, honestly.
(apologies, I got it wrong in a previous tweet — the people calling in remotely are not viewers, but staffers.)
"Let's be clear about why we're shutting down," says this staffer, nearly in tears. "Because they're not letting us call a war a war ... they're not letting us tell our viewers about the horrors that are taking place. NO TO WAR."
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