The arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich last month brought to light the stark reality of media freedom in Russia, which is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most perilous places for journalists. As many as 22 journalists are currently imprisoned in Russia for their work, according to data from international press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the highest figure since the group began collecting data. And the number of jailed journalists is likely to increase as Russia tightens draconian wartime censorship laws.
Читать на русском / Read in Russian As journalists from all over the world risk their lives to cover the invasion of Ukraine and the Russian authorities continue their crackdown on press freedom, the military tribunal in the southeastern city of Rostov-on-Don convicted Remzi Bekirov on 10 March on a charge of “organising a terrorist group.” A reporter for the opposition news