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Kremlin allows Russian state TV to report on military setbacks in Ukraine as Putin searches for a sc
scapegoat: 'We have to stop lying'Russia's tightly-controlled state media has recently been unusually critical of Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine and Moscow's military setbacks on the battlefield.
However, the increased scrutiny may have the blessing of Putin himself: The Kremlin has given permission for some state TV hosts to start acknowledging Russia's recent defeats by Ukrainian forces amid the more than seven-month-long war, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
The policy shift involving Russian state media — which typically pushes Putin's propaganda — was confirmed to Bloomberg by anonymous sources who the news outlet described as "people familiar with the Kremlin's tight message management."
Andrey Kartapolov, the head of Russia's State Duma Defense Committee, said this week during an online popular talk show, "We have to stop lying," Bloomberg reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kremlin-allows-russian-state-tv-to-report-on-military-setbacks-in-ukraine-as-putin-searches-for-a-scapegoat-we-have-to-stop-lying/ar-AA12G6is
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