When the Bolsheviks mounted their putsch against the tottering Provisional Government in October 1917, one of their first objectives was Petrograd’s grand Central Telegraph. The logic of those who wish to control the country today is little different: control the means of communicating to the masses, and the country is yours. One of Vladimir Putin’s first acts in power back in 2000 was to crack down on independent television stations; ever since, Russia’s TV screens have spouted whatever the Kremlin wants the Russian people to think.