Nicholas Goldberg: The obfuscation of war
Russia ratcheted up its battle against truth and transparency by several notches when it passed a law earlier this month banning the words "war" and "invasion" to describe its behavior in Ukraine. The law sets prison sentences of up to 15 years for people who dare utter those words or spread other "fake news" about the conflict.
It's a throwback to the country's ugly totalitarian past and suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin is scared of his own people and worried about his grip on power.
But let's keep things in context. Although the United States and other democracies don't generally prosecute
