TWO ICONS Simon Hattenstone and Dua Lipa! theguardian.com/music/2024/may…

BBC World Service says that 310 of its journalists are working in exile. What this report omits is the fact that quite a few of the BBC Russia journos in exile aren't paid enough and are working multiple jobs to make ends meet while reporting on the war.
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Honored that more than 200 deans, professors, lecturers from more than 50 journalism schools signed a letter in support of ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩ and the importance of press freedom. #IStandwithEvan djadmin.dowjones.com/dowjones/press…

Eduard Ulman, a Russian army officer whose unit murdered 6 civilians in 2002 in one of the most appalling cases of the Second Chechen War, has reportedly died fighting in Ukraine. He had not been seen for 17 years after disappearing from his trial. Officially, he was still wanted

Thanks to Margaret Sullivan for her advocacy to bring Evan Gershkovich home and for her support on all matters of press freedom #IStandwithEvan

Margaret Margaret Sullivan says Evan Gershkovich was her editorial assistant when she was the The New York Times public editor. He is a journalist and #JournalismIsNotaCrime . We need to #FreeEvan .

How effective is Russian propaganda?

According to this Levada poll, 50% of Russians blame Ukraine for the Crocus City terrorist attack in Moscow, 37% blame 'Western security services,' and only 11% blame 'radical Islamists,' i.e., ISIS.

🇷🇺 A major force behind Russia's +3.6% 2023 growth is the reverse migration of Russian, who fled war in 2022
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Russia shipped more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to North Korea in March in defiance of UN sanctions, the White House said on Thursday. The US is preparing sanctions to target those aiding such transfers, Felicia Schwartz and Chris Cook report ft.com/content/2dfe64…

Today marks 400 days since Evan was jailed for doing his job, another grim milestone that we hoped would never come. Evan has missed out on so much, isolated from the world that he loves and covered so well. There is a big hole in our hearts that won’t be filled until he is free

Think about what you've done in the past 400 days. The places you've been, people you've met, mistakes you've made, things you've laughed at, cried at. Then think about my colleague Evan Gershkovich, in jail in Russia for the past 400 days for being a journalist. #IStandWithEvan

A great honor to spend time with the extraordinary family of ⁦Evan Gershkovich⁩ at the #whcd dinner held by WHCA this past weekend. As Evan marks 400 days in prison, they are standing with Evan every minute of every day and are inspirations for all of us. #IStandWithEvan

It’s Monday April 29 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

1 year & 31 days ago

Over the weekend Russia detained three additional journalists.

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!

FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

So for all his talk about troops on the ground and nuclear deterrent, Emmanuel Macron will not give a single Euro to the Czech ammunition initiative that’s providing a lifeline to Ukraine.
And seemingly France won’t allow a common EU contribution

Yet more grim news in Russia, where journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin – onetime Reuters and AP stringers respectively – were arrested late last week.

They're being charged with working for Alexei Navalny's team.

Polina Ivanova reports:

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Sergei Kechimov, who fought Russian oil drilling on indigenous lands for years, has died of cancer. He’d otherwise be in prison, like 100s of eco-activists globally.
Kechimov told me in 2017 his holy lake was doomed—but also that the oil era would soon end theguardian.com/world/2017/mar…

Combined profit at the largest western banks that remain in Russia, including Raiffeisen Bank International, UniCredit and Deutsche Bank, jumped in 2023 to three times that of prewar levels, resulting in a fourfold increase in taxes paid to the Kremlin on.ft.com/3QjzotV

A Georgian woman with an EU flag is praying at the entrance of Kashueti Church of Tbilisi. Police are out against the demonstrators but Georgia stands strong 🇬🇪🇪🇺

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Very honored. What matters of course is the work. Sending the prize money to @cpj, which helps journalists like Evan, Austin and those in conflict zones like Ukraine and Gaza risking their lives to bring home the story, and to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which…

It’s Saturday April 27 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

1 year & 29 days ago

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!

FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan