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Russian journalist - Galina Timchenko

Russian journalist - Galina Timchenko

The Interview vor 7 Jahren

Is President Putin crushing press freedom in Russia?

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Is President Putin crushing press freedom in Russia? Since coming
to power nearly 20 years ago, Vladimir Putin has been accused of
gradually taking control of the media in Russia, and silencing
those who would criticise him. Galina Timchenko was editor of
Lentu.Ru until she was fired – she claims as a result of pressure
from the Kremlin. She left Russia and with some of her former
colleagues set up another news organisation - Meduza – in exile,
in Latvia. It reaches millions of Russians. But what does her
self-imposed exile say about media freedom in Russia? And should
she have stayed to defend her journalism there?