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Orbán’s latest assault on Hungarian journalists

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party have spent years turning Hungary’s media environment into their playground — not through outright repression,...

Libel Tourism – the law as a whore

This essay from the London Review of Books gets to the heart of 'lawfare' - the use of wealth against democracy by Peter Geoghegan, editor-in-chief,...

“My ex-colleagues have made a pact with the Devil”

Vienna, March 11, 2023 Harrowing personal story of Russian journalist who broke ranks with Kremlin Marina Ovsyannikova challenged the Kremlin with a spectacular protest against the...

UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist

Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin Rishi Sunak's Treasury allowed Russian oligarch Yevgeny...

EU official calls for a “Radio Free Russia”

Senior official Vĕra Jourová in bid to help independent Russian media distribute content in their home country and evade heavy censorship European Commission vice-president in charge...

Revealed: how UK government helped Putin ally sue British journalist

UK Treasury, then under now PM Rishi Sunak’s control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins, a British journalist investigating him. The UK...

Byline Times on Russian role in pushing Brexit, Johnson, and Trump

SG. Barcelona, January 2/3, 2023 Byline independent news exposes how Brexit Leave campaign was pushed by Russia Putin's Brexit Coup In this reprint of his exclusive...

Fake anti-vaxers try to block whistleblower journalists

Vienna, November 24, 2022 In its latest newsletter, the Council of Europe Platform to protect journalists' safety again underlines the importance of exposing - and...

Kerch Bridge and fictions about Crimea

es. Vienna, October 18, 2022 By Tim Snyder On 7 October, an explosion destroyed some of the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea.  It is...

Putin targets the war at the Ukrainian people – from a safe distance

by Mark Porter, Cannes "All designated targets" have been hit in a massive missile attack on Ukrainian military, communications and energy infrastructure on Monday, according...

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