Russia's government issued a statement warning Russian news outlets 'about the necessity of refraining from publishing' Zelensky's interview.
channel, Russia's government issued a statement warning Russian news outlets "about the necessity of refraining from publishing" Zelensky's 90-minute interview with the journalists, per state media.
While journalists based outside Russia published the interview, those still inside the country did not, theThe Kremlin's actions underscore Zelensky's efforts to bypass Russian President Vladimir Putin's strict censorship of news about his forces invasion of Ukraine, which the NYT notes Moscow has been partially successful in achieving.
"They destroyed freedom of speech in their state, they are trying to destroy the neighboring state," he said, according to an English translation of his address posted to the official presidential"They portray themselves as global players. And they themselves are afraid of a relatively short conversation with several journalists," he added.Axios on facebook
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