War in Ukraine: Back to the future for Russian media

Ms Yelena Osipova, an elderly artist and activist, being led away by law enforcement officers at an anti-war protest in St Petersburg on March 2, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Kremlin-allied media of long vintage view the Ukraine war as proof of Russia's return to the world stage, where Moscow can demonstrate its ability to change the international status quo when it is not to its liking.

Pravda, a newspaper which began life in 1912 under Czarist rule and was the official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1991, appears to be leading the Russian media charge today.

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