‘My brother Kieron Bryan is a journalist not a pirate’ – Silent protest planned for Russian Embassy
The Free Kieron Bryan campaign is to hold a silent protest outside the Russian Embassy calling for the immediate release…
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British journalist covering Greenpeace Arctic oil rig protest is held by Russian authorities
A British video journalist has been arrested by Russian authorities for piracy after covering a Greenpeace protest against an Arctic…
ByRussian paper closed down over Putin love life claims
A Russian newspaper that claimed president Vladimir Putin had secretly divorced his wife and was set to marry a 24-year-old…
ByAnna Politkovskaya killer ‘identified by police’
Russian police have identified the killer of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, according to the Independent. The man, who has not been…
ByUpdate: Russian reporter and TV station chief killed
Two Russian TV journalists with links to the troubled southern province of Dagestan have been killed, AP reports. Ilyas Shurpayev…
ByCity AM backer disappears in mysterious circumstances
The Russian millionaire behind London free newspaper City AM has disappeared while on holiday in Latvia, the Telegraph reports. Police…
ByRussian freedom of speech “shrinking alarmingly”
There is less and less freedom of the media in the Russian Federation as a result of increasing restrictions on…
ByBusiness journalism in Kyrgyzstan
The International Journalists Network links to a report by the Center for International Private Enterprise criticising the current economic and…
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