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What they're seeing is a very sanitized version of what's happening in Ukraine and one that doesn't really overlap with the reality. Julia, you wrote that people in Russia are not seeing the same war we in the West are seeing. With us on the line is Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent at the media company Puck.

#PUCK JULIA IOFFE FREE#

This crackdown on free speech has led many media outlets to leave the country or go underground. And there are serious penalties if this is done - up to 15 years in jail. Moscow recently made it a crime to spread what it calls false information about Russia's armed forces or to denigrate Russian soldiers in any way. As the brutal war in Ukraine continues, many people inside Russia are hearing and seeing a very different narrative, one where words such as war or invasion do not exist. According to city officials, people will only be allowed to go outside to head to bomb shelters. A new curfew is set to take effect for residents in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, starting tonight and lasting until Thursday morning at 7 o'clock.

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