115. ANALYSIS: James Rodgers on Russia’s media environment: foreign reporting from Moscow, changes from the 1990s to today, and the sharp turn since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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James Rodgers is a journalist and author and a Reader in International Journalism at City, University of Moscow, discusses his book Assignment Moscow, working as a foreign correspondent in Moscow in the 1990s and in the 2000s under Putin's regime, the way in which the media environment has changed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin  More about James Rodgers and his work: jamesrodgersauthor.com James Rodgers on twitter: @jmacrodgers More about the host: Jessica Genauer  Jessica on twitter: @jessicagenauer 
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