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Repression, Exile, and a Nobel Prize: 2021 Was a Tough Year for Russian Media


Repression, Exile, and a Nobel Prize: 2021 Was a Tough Year for Russian Media
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Russian journalism experienced extreme highs and lows in 2021. On the plus side, a Nobel Peace Prize for newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov. But the downside saw an escalating government crackdown on independent media. News organizations and individual reporters were declared "foreign agents" and "undesirable elements," while some journalists went into exile.

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