Putin, Propaganda and the media | VPRO Documentary

Is Putin’s propaganda omnipresent or is there still media freedom? Have the media been an extension of Putin’s propaganda, or is there still media freedom in Russia? Is Putin using the media for his own propaganda or is media freedom something that Putin insists on? Is Putin’s influence visible in the media? A documentary about Putin, media freedom and the question if critical voices are still allowed. In this eight-part travel series, the Dutch journalist and author Jelle Brandt Corstius travels through Russia and visits the neighbor countries Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. What image do the Russians have of their neighbors and vice versa? What are the relations between powerful Russia and the other former Soviet republics? And how do the countries around Russia treat their Russian inhabitants? A series about propaganda and identity. Jelle Brandt Corstius investigates if the Kremlin has become Putins Propaganda machine. Is the television fully controlled by Putin, as