What’s happening in Russia is more reason why we as individuals of the Free World must fiercely protect the First Amendment – including Free Press and Free Speech.

Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Most of the world witnessed the illegal invasion on the sovereign nation of Ukraine on different media sources. Some informed Russian protested against the invasion on their homeland but were quickly arrested.

However, parts of Russian populace were in total oblivion to Putin’s atrocities on neighboring Ukraine.

There have been increased chattering about the “Russian Propaganda Machine” on its own people. Communist Russia’s stronghold against Free Press on its people is obvious.

This is a significant report from CNN.

Listen to Ukraine-based restaurateur Misha Katsurin’s personal experience about the response of his father who is living in Russia. Although Misha told his father on the phone that he woke up to bombing in Ukraine, his father insisted that Russia was in a peace mission. His father started to argue that Russia was trying to save them from the Nazi regime. His father was sure that soldiers were giving local people in Ukraine food and warm clothes, based on their in-country media reports.

Misha Katsurin has since started a website to encourage others to call their families inside Russia. The hope is to try to circumvent the Russian propaganda machine and bring the real truth to Russia.