Walking a tightrope.

 There can be few more difficult jobs in journalism than being the BBC correspondent in Moscow. Steven Rosenberg, is that chap and has been for over twenty years. In the time he has witnessed many extraordinary events - not least the current war in Ukraine. Of course in Russia you cannot refer to it as a war, but the ‘military intervention’. George Orwell, is alive and well. The difficulty for Rosenberg, is how to remain relevant, when the Russian state is keeping its eyes on you all the time. Moreover he is also in personal danger and the state can easily decide you are a threat to national security. That sense of intimidation and claustrophobia pervades this excellent programme on BBC One last night in Our Man in Moscow.