A wounded jihadist commander is spotted receiving treatment in a Turkish hospital near the border with Syria. A court awards compensation to a Kurdish villager beaten senseless by security officials. A writer accuses the government of fearmongering after a prosecutor demands life sentences for 16 people involved in protests. These are the kind of stories only a few media outlets in Turkey, the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, dare to cover. It may come as a surprise that one of them is a news organisation founded and funded by Russia’s government.
The Economist: A Russian propaganda outlet prospers in Turkey
A view taken on April 27, 2018 shows the main newsroom of Sputnik news, part of the state run media group Russia Today, in Moscow.
