Independent opinions 'silenced' in Russia, Meduza CEO says

Galina Timchenko vows to continue reporting, but headwinds mount

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Galina Timchenko in 2015. She said she had been "bracing for war" since Meduza was labeled a foreign agent by the Russian government in April 2021. © Reuters

TOMOYO OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Russia's increasingly strict censorship of the war in Ukraine is forcing independent voices into silence, said Galina Timchenko, a Russian journalist and CEO of the independent news website Meduza.

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