Russian Journalists Set Up Shop in Latvia After Kremlin Crackdown

By: Nadia Beard | The Guardian

The news returns’ – that is the slogan for the Meduza Project, a new Russian-language independent media organisation based in Latvia launched this week.

Prior to its launch, the Meduza team had been reticent, even secretive, about the details of their project. Now, impatient onlookers can finally see what the first major journalistic response to the government’s recent media crackdown looks like.