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Episode 790: Rough Translation in Ukraine

If fake news feels like a big problem, go to Ukraine. They've been dealing with it way longer than America, in much higher doses. We find out how to adapt when news gets weaponized.
Cossacks look at Russian President Vladimir Putin answering a question on television, in Simferopol, Crimea in 2015.

Warning: This episode contains some explicit language.

When NPR reporter Gregory Warner arrives in a town on the Ukrainian front, residents try to keep their distance. 'Don't come here,'

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