Editors Quit Russian Newspaper, Accusing Boss of Pro-Kremlin Censorship

Five senior editors at Vedomosti, one of Russia’s most prominent business newspapers, resigned on Monday in protest at the appointment of an editor-in-chief they say has applied pro-Kremlin censorship to its coverage.

Their resignation, reported by Vedomosti itself, occurred after the publication’s acting editor-in-chief, Andrei Shmarov, was confirmed to the post by the publisher’s board of directors.

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