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Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives

Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation.

Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from BBC Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages.

We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America. 

We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda. 

But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit. In its more extreme form, we focus on disinformation that aims to defame enemies, sway elections, and undermine democracy.

We have been monitoring jihadist media for nearly two decades, following the chatter from al-Qaeda and Islamic State group, gaining extraordinary knowledge about their aims, their ideological differences and allegiances. 

We watch the behaviour of Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei, Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban and anyone else who might be challenging the established order, seeking to expand their global footprint or export their brand of ideology.  

At BBC Monitoring, we don’t just speak the language, we understand the narrative. So we can help you untangle the context and single out rhetoric from reality, deception from truth.

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The Global Jigsaw: Does Russia’s election matter?

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17/02/2024 GMT

Does Russia’s election matter?

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Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for him and the Kremlin

Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for him and for the Kremlin. We look into the efforts aimed at achieving unequivocal victory.

Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for the Kremlin. We look into the efforts aimed at achieving unequivocal victory in what seems to be the most oppressive election in Russia for two decades. What are the stories state media can and cannot touch, how much of a headache does dissent from the mothers and wives of soldiers pose to the authorities and does Putin really have body doubles? 

*This episode was recorded before the announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death.*

Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg
Editor: Judy King
Sound engineer: Martin Appleby
Original music: Pete Cunningham

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