How Russia is trying to win over the world beyond the West

Over the past three years, Russian state-backed news channel RT has expanded its international presence.

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Javier Gallardo likes to start his morning watching a classical music programme on television - it is part of his routine, and puts him in the right mood for the day before going to work driving trucks.

But one Monday in June, he turned on the television and, instead of music, the screen was filled with images of a warzone. A news report was playing on a channel he had never heard of.

"What's happening?" he asked himself. After 20 minutes, he turned it off. "I couldn't connect with it."

A green logo at the bottom corner of the screen showed the letters: "RT". Searching online, he found that this was a Russian channel.