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What happens without freedom of the press? A look at life behind the new Iron Curtain
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What happens without freedom of the press? A look at life behind the new Iron Curtain

Dr. David Adler · April 8, 2022

Civil Liberties & the Press

Vladimir Putin's infliction of a second Iron Curtain on the Russian people demonstrates anew the critical importance of freedom of the press in maintaining governmental accountability.

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