Ep. 157 Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia

Konstantin Eggert, a native Muscovite, has reported on Russia
since the fall of the Soviet Union. He started his reporting
career in Moscow in 1990. From 1998-2009, he was senior
correspondent, then editor-in-chief, of the BBC Russian Service
Moscow bureau. Later he worked for ExxonMobil Russia and Russian
media outlets, Kommersant and TV Rain. 


Now, living in Lithuania, Eggert is a vocal critic of the Putin
regime and has more than a few thoughts on censorship in Russia:
specifically, how it compares to Soviet censorship, the decline
of independent media in the country, Russian history, and the war
in Ukraine.


Eggert currently works for a German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.


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Eggert on Twitter: @kvoneggert

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