Before Russia’s invasion in February, the three main television stations — Channel One, Rossiya 1 and NTV — were watched by 86 percent of the population. That figure has now dropped to 65 percent, according to Rosmir, an independent research center in Moscow. Viewership figures fell for Russian state television, referred to as “the zombie box” by opposition figures, even as the Kremlin tripled spending on its propaganda efforts since the start of the war six months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova interrupted a news broadcast in March with an anti-war message. She was later fined NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES After Putin launched his attack on Ukraine,
