- The pundits are "scared to death" about the prospect of Ukraine defeating Russia in the war, Ekaterina Kotrikadze told CNN.News director and anchor Ekaterina Kotrikadze of Russian independent channel TV Rain told CNN in an interview published Thursday that state TV hosts and analysts have begun to ask questions on air about the more than seven-month-long war.—ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 6, 2022Kotrikadze explained that Russian state TV anchors "are core faces of Russian propaganda" who regularly take notes directly from the Kremlin and "always repeat what they are told to say."The pro-Moscow pundits, said Kotrikadze, "are scared to death because if Russia fails in this war then something changes in Russian Federation systematically."Russian state TV hosts have been asking questions and trying to find those "responsible" for Moscow's setbacks in Ukraine, Kotrikadze said, explaining that they won't go so far as to point the finger at Putin, Russian's leader."