Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Fatima Tlis: The Kremlin’s octopus of international propaganda – obvious and hidden tentacles
An employee wipes a TV screen in a shop in Moscow, on April 17, 2014, during the broadcast of President Vladimir Putin's televised question and answer session with the nation.
Russia is rapidly expanding its global propaganda empire, and while some of its mouth pieces and media outlets are broadly recognized as closely tied to or owned by the Kremlin, others continue to escape the world's attention, passing themselves off as independent projects.