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Russia: Arrest of editor-in-chief underscores new level of pressure on journalists
Sergei Smirnov spent 15 days in a detention center for retweeting a joke. The editor-in-chief of online platform Mediazona has just been let out, but his arrest shows a tightening grip on critical voices.
The imprisonment of Mediazona editor-in-chief Sergei Smirnov highlights Russia s tightened grip on press freedom
Sergei Smirnov was about to go for a walk in snowy Moscow with his young son and two colleagues. But the plan came to a halt when he was suddenly arrested a move that soon put Russia s press freedom under renewed scrutiny.
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On January 10, the popular mayor of the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk, Sardana Avksentyeva, wrote on social media that she was submitting her resignation because “my family is seriously worried about my health.”
“I have to admit that I can no longer work 24/365,” she wrote. “Tomorrow I am checking into the hospital and soon I will have an operation.”
She ended her message by saying: “I beg you not to dramatize the situation. There are no irreplaceable people, and the history of Yakutsk is measured in centuries. Remain a thoughtful, independent, and kind city. I am proud of you.”
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