Today in Short: Russia‘s ”foreign agent” law stifles critical reporting

United Russia, the party of President Vladimir Putin, claimed
victory in Russia’s parliamentary elections this week – while the
opposition maintains the results were based on fraud. Concerns
about fairness were rampant already in the lead-up to the vote,
with opposition politicians largely barred from running and,
crucially, heavy restrictions on independent news media. In
particular, Russia’s so-called “foreign agent” law has made it
significantly more difficult for independent Russian media to
operate.


IPI contributor Anne ter Rele interviews Galina Timchenko, the
Editor-in-Chief of Meduza, a critical Russian-language news
outlet labelled as a foreign agent earlier this year. What are
the consequences of this law? And most importantly, how can
Meduza still do its job?