Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison. For almost one year now, this has been the home of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on charges of espionage. Lefortovo is known as one of the most secret prisons in Russia. It is notorious as a place of arrest for high-level personalities detained by Russian […]

On March 4, 2022, the Russian parliament adopted repressive anti-media legislation in a rapid procedure, aiming to criminalize any independent reporting or social media mentions of Russia’s war against Ukraine. On the same day, Vladimir Putin signed the bill into legislation. One year on, Russian independent journalism survives, says Galina Timchenko, an IPI member and […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to make Russia into a global player, equivalent in power to the United States, Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School University, said Monday in an interview with Kaius Niemi, senior editor-in-chief of the Helsingin Sanomat, during the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress. Khrushcheva, the granddaughter […]