‘So we don’t end up back in the days of rabid Meduza’ Kremlin spokesman defends wartime censorship, praises patriotic media, and warns against outlets that ‘discredit Russia’

In a new interview with Expert magazine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended the Russian government’s tightening grip on the media, calling wartime censorship “justified.” The surge in patriotic messaging across Russian newsrooms, he…