allies. >> ( translated ): i must also spak about russophobia as the first step towards genocide. >> reporter: and that leads to discussions on russian media about the military needing to ght a defensive war in ukraine, including by "rt's" editor-in-chief, margarita somonyan. >> ( translated ): russians will not fight ukrainians. russians will defend other russians and ukrainians like them. >> reporter: in a sea of kremlin-influenced media, "tv rain" is an island of independence. masha burzunova hosts the show“ fake news,” that calls out russian state media propaganda. >> ( translated ): it is different speculations and manipulations around the topic of ukraine. that russia is the most harmless country in the world-- and that if anything happens, russia is ready to respond. >> reporter: russian media portrays the ukrainian government as american-funded nazis, an attempt to rally russians with nationalist pride against a common enemy. >> ( translated ): these are constant parallels...