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'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

This 2019 photo shows the main dining room inside Moscow's iconic Metropol Hotel, just a short distance from the Kremlin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

When Russia's Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he clamped down on the media. In his new book, author Alan Philps sees parallels to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin who confined reporters in World War II.

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'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

This 2019 photo shows the main dining room inside Moscow's iconic Metropol Hotel, just a short distance from the Kremlin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption

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Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

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'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

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