A fascinating article from the Washington Post's Moscow Correspondent Kathy Lally that paints a rather unflattering picture of press freedom in today's Russia —
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a 25-year-old intern is shot in the back of the head after writing about youthful fascist movements
The most-watched television network broadcasts a prime-time tribute to — wait for it — tax collectors
The “independent” paper under siege from the government is published by a former KGB agent who, because he's a billionaire, also happens to own the UK's excellent The Independent.
The independent paper, Novaya Gazeta , has, as its owners, the former KGB agent and some guy named Mikhail Gorbachev (Gorbachev, incidentally, has an op-ed up right now: “Russia needs a real and effective democracy”).
Novaya Gazeta has had six of its journalists killed. Killed while in Russia. Not on foreign assignments in war zones. In Russia.
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