Recent international developments have highlighted the difficulties of media in exile, but the exodus of local media outlets in the face of repression is perhaps historical in scale now. On the other ...
Ivan Kolpakov
Ivan Kolpakov is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Meduza, the largest independent Russian publication. It operates in exile from Riga, Latvia. In April 2021 Russian authorities labeled Meduza as a ‘foreign agent’ and in March 2022 blocked the website. Both actions were made to destroy the newsroom. However, Meduza keeps resisting. Also, it managed to save the majority of its audience due to its diverse and technologically advanced infrastructure. Kolpakov was one of four Russian journalists who interviewed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in March 2022.
Eventi IJF 2023
La Costituzione russa sancisce chiaramente il divieto di censura (capitolo 2, articolo 29.5). Ciononostante, nel corso degli ultimi 15 anni, il regime di Putin si è impegnato fortemente per monopol...