How “offshore journalists” challenge Vladimir Putin’s empire of lies
Russians who want real news turn to reporters in exile
The Kremlin banned them, branded them “foreign agents”, criminalised them and chased them out of the country. It cut off their finances and tried to isolate them from their audiences. But they have regrouped, rebuilt and come back stronger. Never in the past 30 years have Russian journalists been under such assault, and never have they fought back with such vigour, calling out the Kremlin’s lies, exposing its corruption and unearthing evidence of its war crimes.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The second front”
Europe November 26th 2022
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