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Can Meduza survive the “Foreign Agent” Status? (May 26)

On April 23, Latvia-based independent newspaper Meduza was declared a “foreign agent” by the Russian state. The decision by Russia’s Justice Ministry made two publications (Meduza and PASMI, a Russia-based news medium reporting on corruption) the latest in a string of independent media to be added to the list of co-called “foreign agents”, throwing them into […]

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Media Freedom in St. Petersburg (April 3)

IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi will deliver closing remarks at an expert discussion on press freedom in Russia that will take place in Helsinki, Finland on April 3, 2014. The discussion is sponsored by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, which is affiliated with the daily Helsingin Sanomat. Additional panellists are: Artem Filatov, Political Journalist Irina Pankratova, […]

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#IPIWoCo2016 Interview with Nina L. Khrushcheva: Window on Russia

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 […]

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Russia’s leading human rights lawyer joins list of prominent speakers

Karinna Moskalenko, Russian human rights lawyer and international advisory board member of the UK-based Media Legal Defence Initiative, is the latest addition to an already strong line-up of speakers and panellists slated to take part in the annual IPI World Congress 2013 in Amman, Jordan. Moskalenko has taken numerous cases to the European Court of […]

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