i was then told my visa wouldn't be renewed. supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london — though that was two years ago. it's happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don't toe the kremlin line is intensifying. dozhd tv has just been added to a growing blacklist of media labelled "foreign agents" for getting funds from abroad. the status of foreign agents means that we — dozhd — we are enemies of the state. the pretending of being a democracy is over. it is very bad and it could become much worse any time. so i'm leaving a country i first came to as the soviet union fell apart, when free speech — all freedoms — were new and precious. it feels like today's russia is moving in reverse. the bbc continues to press the authorities in moscow
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