#LARB Radio Hour welcomes #JuliaLoktev to talk about her new #documentary #MyUndesirableFriends

'Filmed in 2021, just before #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, the five-hour epic follows independent journalists at #TVRain as they navigate escalating government repression and the “foreign agent” laws designed to silence dissent.'

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/julia-loktev-my-undesirable-friends/
#media #RussianMedia #censorship #stateRepression #pressFreedom #cinema #film #cinéastes

 #TVRain #News

#BenHodges on #Ukraine aid: "We, in the West, have failed"

Most analyses of the Ukrainian #counteroffensive declare it a failure, with a good portion of them blaming #Ukraine's scattered focus. Retired lieutenant general of the #US Armed Forces attributes the majority of the blame on the West's reluctance to provide #Ukraine with enough substantial support ⏩

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

https://youtu.be/NM5NPk6EEhI?feature=share

Sharing my appreciation of the amazing media product prepared each week by #TVRAIN and Mikhail Fishman's crew. "И так далее" is a well researched show on the major events of the week, woven into a few (2-3) major narratives. Published each Friday on Youtube, it has more the feel of a documentary than a news show. Amazing how suppression, censorship and propaganda in one place can spur genuine creativity and great intellectual quality in another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JZD-qZ-xzY

#Russia declares ' #Dozhd ' independent TV ( #TVRain ) channel 'undesirable'

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-declares-dozhd-independent-tv-channel-undesirable/a-66346343

While the channel had already been banned by #Moscow , the new designation allows for the #prosecution of staff and #donors in #Russia . The #Kremlin has increasingly cracked down on "undesirable" organizations since 2015.

Хотел найти старый концерт #Grandbrothers на Дожде потому что там, в отличие от других видео показывали железки, которыми они обвешивают рояль.

При этом новый сайт Дождя заблокирован в России, а через VPN меня не пускает CloudFlare.

ШТОШ 

#music #video #TV #shit #log #tvrain #Russia #VPN #censorship #CloudFlare

The Dutch Media Authority granted independent Russian television broadcaster TV Rain, or Dozhd in Russian, a five-year broadcasting permit after its license was canceled in Latvia, according to a statement on the regulator's website.

The liberal-leaning TV Rain shifted to broadcasting from Latvia and other countries in July, after being forced to shut its Moscow studio following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-regulator-grants-russian-tv-rain-broadcasting-license/a-64333934

#Netherlands #Lavia #Russia #WarInUkraine #TVRain #Dozhd