The Syndicate-100 Association of Independent Medias statement on the Project Media Outlets inclusion in the list of undesirable organizations

2021-7-16 10:55

The 7x7 Online Newspaper is publishing the full text of the statement.

The Ministry of Justice has labeled eight Russian journalists as foreign

The 7x7 Online Newspaper is publishing the full text of the statement.

The Ministry of Justice has labeled eight Russian journalists as foreign agents: Project’s editor-in-chief Roman Badanin*, correspondents Pyotr Manyakhin*, Olga Churakova*, Maria Zheleznova*, Yulia Lukyanova*, Radio Svoboda’s* journalist (also labeled as a foreign agent) Elizaveta Maetnaya*, Otkrytye Media’s (?open media’) editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief Yulia Yarosh* and Maxim Glikin*.

The very enumeration is frightening. We hate to call it a “hit list”.

The Prosecutor General's Office has also labeled Project as an undesirable organization. This is the first undesirable media outlet in Russia. From now on, media are officially undesirable.

When the modern Russian foreign agency establishment was in its infancy, it looked like the door was being propped with a stick at its handle.

When the first media were included in the list (not so long ago, in 2017), it looked like it was being filled with foam seal.

Then there was Safronov’s case, searches at Roman Anin's, Meduza* became a foreign agent, the journalists of Vaznye Istorii (?important stories’) and Project’s employees were searched, and it became clear that the door was being boarded up.

What we see now is the windows being boarded up.

Those who are in the room can only document what is happening. A muscular hand with a hammer works against our will.

 We are going to document everything while the light is still coming in...

Syndicate-100 is an association of independent Russian media. It was created in March 2020. The Syndicate currently unites more than 30 federal and regional media outlets. It includes Novaya Gazeta, Echo of Moscow, TV Rain, the 7x7 Online Newspaper, Meduza*, Znak.com, Takie Dela, Altapress and Krestyanin Publishing Houses, and other federal and regional media. Participants of Syndicate-100 discuss problematic topics common to Russian regions.

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