{"id":68079,"date":"2020-06-24T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/06\/24\/russian-authorities-wage-war-on-fake-news-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T11:00:28","slug":"russian-authorities-wage-war-on-fake-news-amid-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/russian-authorities-wage-war-on-fake-news-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian authorities wage war on &#8216;fake news&#8217; amid Covid-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k12Pbl3ucWEX8xw7Kjc\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian parliament fast-tracked a law against &#8220;fake news&#8221; at the end of March amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 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