Orbán’s latest assault on Hungarian journalists
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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
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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”
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...