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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 Russia has adopted a new censorship law in the wake of its unjustified invasion of Ukraine, and has now criminalized protests and news reporting that does not reflect Kremlin-approved propaganda.\xa0 Western media outlets are withdrawing their reporters from the country, and the Kremlin has blocked internet access to websites of foreign state-run media outlets like Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, the BBC and Deutsche Welle. But for most Russians, there is very little access to independent, outside reporting to counter the official state media narrative falsely telling them that Russia's barbaric military assault on its sovereign neighbor's civilian population is a minor, 'special military operation.' But a new grassroots effort is underway to pierce through the media blackout of Putin's new Iron Curtain by utilizing shortwave radio, which served as a lifeline to many in the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.\xa0 Attorney KATE NEISWENDER and longtime Voice of America employee and shortwave enthusiast KIM ANDREW ELLIOTT explain their grassroots campaign, dubbed #ShortwavesForFreedom on social media, which is trying to fill the gap by broadcasting factual news into Eastern Europe and Russia via shortwave transmission, beginning from WRMI Radio Miami International in Florida. They are crowdsourcing the effort to expand to other stations with a fund raiser at Fundrazr.com/RadioWaves.\xa0 Also today: Some cracks may be beginning to appear in the Kremlin-approved television news. Plus: a fascinating story about the former managing editor of Russia's state-owned television outlet Russia Today, who resigned her post last week in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine.