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Russia’s Independent Journalism Will Survive in Exile, Gershkovich Says at Inaugural Derk Sauer Lecture

The event was both a tribute to Sauer’s legacy and a discussion of Gershkovich’s work and imprisonment in Russia.

Kremlin Human Rights Chief Takes U.S. Journalists Into Besieged Ukrainian Town Ahead of Evacuations

Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said the four journalists were from the U.S. conservative outlet Newsmax.
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In His Reporting, Japanese Journalist Yuki Imai Revealed a Fascination With Russia. Then He Was Arrested.

As Japan stays silent about his case, Imai's online presence and articles offer glimpses of the reporter who Moscow jailed on espionage charges.
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opinion Polly Jones

The Ghosts of Gulag Survivors Live On in Evan Gershkovich’s Prison Memoir

Experiencing captivity both as the American Evan and the Russian Vanya, Gershkovich's account adds to the legacy of Solzhenitsyn and Ginzburg.
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Chief Editor of Independent Belgorod News Outlet Charged With ‘Justifying Terrorism’

Nikita Parmenov is reportedly accused of making statements in support of a far-right paramilitary group composed of Russians fighting alongside the Ukrainian...
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Japan Sends Senior Diplomat to Russia to Seek Release of Arrested Journalist

Japan's top diplomat for Europe met the head of the department at the Russian Foreign Ministry dealing with much of East Asia.
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Japan Slams Lack of Access to Journalist Arrested in Far East

The FSB arrested the journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper on the Far East island of Sakhalin last week on suspicion of espionage.
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Russia Arrests Japanese Journalist on Suspicion of Spying

The FSB claimed that the journalist had been gathering information on Russia's defense capabilities.
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Evan Gershkovich Says His Arrest in Russia Was Carefully Planned FSB Sting

Gershkovich became the first U.S. reporter arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was arrested in 2023.
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‘He’s a Person With a Mission’: Andrei Kolesnikov on Putin’s Ideology and Russia’s Future

In his latest book, the political analyst traces the evolution of Putinism from the early promise of authoritarian modernization to repression, militarism...
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opinion Alexander Gubsky

I’m Proud That We Published the Syutkins’ Columns

The Moscow Times’ publisher explains how a leading ambassador for Russian cuisine became an enemy of the Russian state.
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Justice Ministry Re-Adds Exiled News Outlet Mediazona to ‘Foreign Agents’ List

Mediazona was initially branded a “foreign agent” in 2021. It was later removed from the registry after its founding legal entity was shut down.
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Russian Foreign Ministry Condemns France’s Order to Deport Former RT Journalist

French authorities issued a deportation order last month for Ksenia Fedorova, the former head of state broadcaster RT France.
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opinion Alexander Gubsky

When Corporate Culture Works: In Memory of Derk Sauer

The Moscow Times' survival is primarily thanks to the professionalism and corporate culture that Derk fostered, publisher Alexander Gubsky writes.
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France Orders Expulsion of Former RT Editor Ksenia Fedorova

Fedorova was accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda across French television and radio.
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Moscow Court Jails Journalist Daria Shipacheva 12 Years for Treason

Shipacheva, who was born in Ukraine, had worked as a freelance medical journalist for various news outlets in Russia, including Forbes and RBC.
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Russia Files Media Cases Against Kommersant, SIM Media Holding and Several Editors

The outlets reportedly face accusations of "abusing media freedom."
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Jailed Reporter Maria Ponomarenko Sentenced to Nearly 2 More Years in Prison

For a second time, Ponomarenko, a mother of two, was convicted for allegedly assaulting a prison guard.
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TV Rain Editor-in-Chief Jailed 8 Years in Absentia Over War ‘Fakes’

Tikhon Dzyadko, who serves as editor-in-chief at TV Rain, was accused of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces.
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‘Nemtsov’s Story Is Russia’s Story’: Mikhail Fishman on ‘The Successor’ and the Russia That Never Was

The exiled journalist’s book, now out in the U.S., is both a biography of Boris Nemtsov and a history of Russia’s failed democratic transition.
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