The news in Putin's Russia must always be good

[lordtiberius]

http://russianreport.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/more-media-crackdowns/#comment-967


Mendy reports:

More media crackdowns

he longtime editor-in-chief of news agency Lenta.ru has been replaced by the former editor of a Kremlin-friendly online publication, prompting an uproar among many journalists who say the move is just the latest nail in the coffin of Russia’s independent media.

Alexander Mamut, head of the Russian Internet news service’s parent company Afish-Rambler-SUP, said Galina Timchenko had resigned from her post, but the Lenta.ru editoral staff released a statement saying she had been forced out.

She will be replaced by Alexei Goreslavsky, former head of the online publication Vzglyad.ru, and the official change is set to take place immediately. Goreslavsky has a reputation for being pro-Kremlin, and speculation erupted immediately after the announcement of Timchenko’s departure that this was orchestrated by the Kremlin as part of a wider media crackdown.

Lenta.ru was widely considered one of only a handful of independent Russian news outlets.

I wonder where the "balanced" wife hunters from Russia are . . .

[lordtiberius]

Khodorkovsky addresses Eurmaidan.  It's a great speech.  He spoke of the other Russia, the bonds of brotherhood and mutual sacrifice especially in Afghanistan.  He spoke with emotion.  He is a patriot.