with us live to our get independent political analyst alexandra bruno to discuss this further mr brunei thanks for coming on the program for us and what does the case really mean for journalism in both russia and the rest of the world do you think. thank you well i think the timing of the release in particular is very interesting because it coincides with the u.s. making an extradition request for joy in the sun and we have a contrast ing story here all of a sudden. you know the russian press seems freer or at least. that's the impression that i mean there couldn't help but noting the 2 stories together today. and also it was very interesting to see that margarita simonyan the one of the heads of our tea your network coming out in support of the journalist good enough whose name have reminds me of her novel by their famous russian writer. and so i think it's of the way they think that the government reacted very swiftly he was arrested after all on friday last friday and put the quickly into house arrest as opposed to he spent i think a night in jail and then was put under house arrest

ran the same from page with the headline we are even going off independent political analyst alexandra bruno says that the way the case is played out is a victory for russian civil society. it is definitely a victory for civil society but it's also a victory for clean government. happy to see that the people responsible to have been put under investigation and most importantly the civil society and media were able to express their opinions and support for go on half freely in the west in particular where a lot of. propaganda against russia is. presented and prepared. we are often told that the media in russia is very. controlled by the state and censored so i think this case is a perhaps not very good for going on off but it's a it's a it's a very important case in helping to show that perhaps the media in russia is much freer than we believe. in new york times has officially stopped publishing political cartoons the move comes just over a month after there was a strong backlash against the karting featuring a blind president trump led by the israeli prime minister in the form of a guide dog