Andrey Malgin
Writer and blogger
I’ve been contributing columns to The Moscow Times since the mid‑1990s, through every phase of its life: when it was a daily, then a weekly, later an online‑only outlet, even before the Russian‑language edition appeared. So the Kremlin’s labeling it a “foreign agent” and an “undesirable organization” has never shaken my regard for the paper or my desire to write for it.
Amid blanket censorship, the crushing of independent print and attempts to muzzle even online speech, The Moscow Times remains a critical lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Russians, both at home and abroad. In conditions like these, every uncensored statement carries real weight.
