Ever since Vladimir Putin took office, he has tried to maintain a tight grip on Russian media, and this grip has grown even tighter since the war in Ukraine. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn

But as Putin's 'special operation' took a turn for the worse, the Kremlin's propaganda machine was forced to adapt. Thanks to the work of BBC monitoring journalist Francis Scarr, Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Russian state media has evolved its messaging since the start of the war.

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