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Briefly… On Reporting A War That Can’t Be Called A “War”

RFE/RL Russian Service journalist Mumin Shakirov explains Russia’s “law on fakes” and why he can no longer return to Russia.

“What we are doing already falls under criminal prosecution.” RFE/RL Russian Service journalist Mumin Shakirov, forced to leave Moscow at the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, explains what Russia’s “law on fakes” means and why he can no longer return to Russia.