Russia

September 30, 2024

Russia-Linked Disinformation Spoofs European Media to Spread Propaganda

September 30, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine –  The International Press Institute (IPI) has revealed a coordinated campaign of mass spoofing targeting European news outlets, exposing a new […]
September 27, 2024

Collateral Freedom: RSF Restores Access to Censored News in Russia and China

September 27, 2024 – China/Russia –  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reignited its digital resistance campaign, Operation Collateral Freedom, unblocking nearly 50 censored news websites in […]
September 27, 2024

Legal Intimidation in Ukraine: IPI Condemns Lawsuit Campaign by Politician Andriy Portnov

September 27, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine –  The International Press Institute (IPI) has strongly condemned a campaign of defamation lawsuits filed by Ukrainian politician and lawyer Andriy […]
September 20, 2024

Russia Fines 11 Journalists and Restricts Media Outlets in Ongoing Assault on Press Freedom

September 20, 2024 – Russia –  Russian authorities escalated their crackdown on independent journalism, issuing fines to 11 journalists and imposing legal restrictions on two media […]
September 19, 2024

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant in Absentia for Exiled Journalist Armen Aramyan

September 19, 2024 – Russia –  The Basmanny District Court in Moscow, on September 18, 2024, issued an arrest warrant in absentia for journalist and DOXA […]
September 3, 2024

Russia Labels Exiled Journalist Galina Timchenko a “Foreign Agent” as Media Repression Intensifies

September 03, 2024 – Russia –  The Russian Ministry of Justice has officially branded Galina Timchenko, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the independent news site Meduza, as […]
August 30, 2024

Russian journalist Sergey Mikhaylov sentenced to 8 years in prison

August 30, 2024 – Russia –  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentencing Friday of Russian journalist Sergey Mikhaylov to eight years in prison on “fake news” charges and […]
July 3, 2024

Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon unjustly sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison

July 03, 2024 – Russia – Moscow military court delivered a 14‑year prison sentence, in absentia, to renowned Ukrainian journalist and YouTuber Dmytro (Dmitry) Gordon. The […]
May 30, 2024

Two Years After Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff’s Death in Ukraine, RSF and Family Demand Justice

May 30, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine –  Vetérán French journalist Frédéric Leclerc‑Imhoff, a camera operator with BFMTV, was killed by shell shrapnel near Sievierodonetsk while covering a […]