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Top journalist murdered in Russia's Dagestan

A gunman in Russia's troubled Caucasus region of Dagestan shot dead a leading journalist who founded a newspaper known for fearless criticism of the local authorities, officials said Friday. Khadzhimurad Kamalov, the founder of the Da [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

A Russian journalist weighs in on the Yaroslavl tragedy

One of the many signs that hockey's an international game is the number of journalists from different countries you run into covering the NHL. There are all kinds of Finns, Swedes, Russians and Czechs sprinkled in the major cities, co [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Russia journalists to mark professional holiday

Russian journalists on Thursday will mark their professional holiday – Day of the Russian Press. This date is timed to the release in 1703 of the first Russian newspaper - the Vedomosti (of Peter the Great). The decision to shift t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

The problem with journalism in Russia is not censorship, tha...

Alexey Kovalev is a Russian journalist currently based in London, UK. He reports for several national news outlets, regularly contributes to the Guardian's Comment is Free and writes the Angry Russian column for The First Pint, a web [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Obama Calls On Russia To Work With US To Tackle Internationa...

In a historic speech in Moscow highlighting a message of economic and political liberalism, U.S. President Barrack Obama called on Russians to open up for a new era of U.S.-Russia relations, so that the governments of both countries could w [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Russian newspaper wins Press Freedom Award

The founder and editor-in-chief of the Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, has been awarded the International Press Freedom Award in New York. The award was established in 1991 by the New York-based Committee to Prot [...]