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 to reverse the expulsion and, meanwhile, sarah is due to take up a new posting as eastern europe correspondent. injuly, i met up with the boss of google. sundar pichai said that he believes that the western model of a free and open internet is under attack. google is under huge pressure from regulators around the world