How Russian state media are spinning Alexei Navalny death - BBC News

There has been minimal coverage on Russia's main TV channels - in stark contrast to social media trends.

9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Russia's Channel One TVImage caption, Navalny's image has been omitted from state TV reports on his deathBy Damien Sharkov & Jennifer Monaghan BBCRussian state media tend not to give much or any airtime to critics of the government, and their initial treatment of Alexei Navalny's reported death continues in this vein.

On state TV channels, the media outlets with the biggest audiences in Russia, there has been minimal coverage of Navalny's death, and the first reports were largely slow to come and perfunctory.

On two of the most popular channels - Channel One and Rossiya 1 - it took almost 45 minutes and an hour respectively after the announcement, before it was mentioned.

These reports provided no contextual information of who Navalny was, nor why he was in prison.

One didn't even mention his full name, referring to him only as "Navalny" - despite telling viewers "the most thorough investigation" into his death would take place.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68323362

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