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Articles with tag "journalism"

Boris Nemtsov’s Daughter Creates Non-Profit to Help Independent Russian Media

“It’s been obvious to me for several years that Russian civil society and media lack their own transparent and competitive donor mechanism,” Zhanna...

Russian Newspaper Sobesednik Shutters After ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

Authorities accused the publication of spreading inaccurate information about government policies and “fakes” about the Russian military.
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Russia Will Restrict U.S. Media Outlets Over RT Sanctions, Kremlin Says

"There will certainly be measures here that will restrict their media disseminating their information," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Russia Blocks Dozens of EU Media Outlets in ‘Retaliatory Move’

Among those impacted by the ban are the French news agency AFP, the German weekly Der Spiegel and the European edition of Politico.
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Russian Exiled Media Raise Funds for Political Prisoners

Major Russian independent media outlets like Meduza, TV Rain and Mediazona ran Wednesday's telethon, which was live-streamed on YouTube.
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Russian Liberal Media Isn’t Telling the Full Story About Gaza

By not framing the war within its larger historical context, many publications are failing in their duty to inform and educate their audiences.
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Russian Anti-War News Startup Helpdesk Media Closes

Helpdesk said the decision to close the news side of its operations would not affect its hotline or fundraising for Ukrainians impacted by the war.
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Russia Labels Independent News Outlet SOTA 'Undesirable'

The General Prosector’s Office claimed the outlet receives support from the West, with “the goal of undermining... Russian society.” 
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‘Unbearable’ Military Censorship Forces Closure of Novosibirsk Newspaper

“We tried to live under military censorship for two years. I can say now that it’s unbearable,” Kurier.Sreda’s editor-in-chief wrote in a farewell...
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Russian Court Fines Novaya Gazeta Chief Editor for 'Discrediting' Army

Sergei Sokolov was fined 30,000 rubles for “discrediting” the Russian military in an article published by the newspaper.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Advertising Ban for 'Foreign Agents'

If the bill is passed into law, advertisers would be banned from working with “foreign agents.”
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Russia Blocks Radio Liberty’s Central Asia Services – NGO

The five bureaus whose websites were blocked provided news coverage both in Russian and in the native languages of Central Asian countries.
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Russia Labels Radio Liberty 'Undesirable'

RFE/RL was previously labeled by the Russian authorities as a “foreign agent,” but the outlet rejected the designation.
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Russian Court Fines Activist for Interview With ‘Undesirable’ Media

Activist Nadezhda Nizovkina was fined 5,000 rubles for appearing on air with the independent TV channel Dozhd.
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Russia Labels Youth Magazine DOXA ‘Undesirable’ – Lawmaker

State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev accused DOXA of “masquerading as a student publication” while being “openly hostile” toward Russia.
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Russian Environmental News Outlet Kedr Closes After ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

The outlet was labeled a “foreign agent” in November for spreading “fake news” and distributing content of other “foreign agents.”
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Russia Jails Activist Pyotr Verzilov 8.5 Years in Absentia for ‘War Fakes’

The former publisher of Mediazona is accused of “causing social tensions” and “misleading citizens” about Moscow's invasion.
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Russia Denies Russian-American Journalist's Appeal Against Detention

Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be arrested in Russia this year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in March.
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Russia Jails State TV Protester 8.5 Years in Absentia

Ovsyannikova held up an anti-war sign during a March 2022 primetime news show on state broadcaster Channel One, where she worked at the time. 
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Russian Independent Legal News Outlet Closes Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Status

Russia’s Justice Ministry said the outlet’s news coverage “formed a negative image of Russia, its current legislation and law enforcement practice...
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