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International media clashes over Nemtsov's murder

The partiality and polarisation of media over Russia and Ukraine was exposed in coverage of the murder of Russia’s opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Boris Nemtsov. WAN-IFRA's journalist Alexandra Sazonova-Prokouran assesses how the media reported the killing.

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Alexandra Sazonova-Prokouran

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2015-03-02 17:07

Journalists targeted as unrest in eastern Ukraine intensifies

As Ukrainians headed to the polls on 25 May in snap elections that were commended by international observers for largely upholding democratic commitments, turmoil in eastern Ukraine saw an increase in violence against journalists. A day before the elections, Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian interpreter Andrey Mironov were killed while covering the fighting in Slavyansk, while on 25 May, separatists took two journalists hostage – Viacheslav Bondarenko and Maksym Osovsky – as they covered the elections in Luhansk region. The pair was released several days later.

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Jessica White

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2014-06-01 23:00

Ukrainian journalist warns: Russian troops are targeting reporters as Putin's propaganda reaches 'Goebbels levels'

"Who will protect the journalists?" Oleksandr Akymenko asks urgently as he describes the deliberate targeting of Ukrainian journalists in Crimea by Russian troops and separatists. Akymenko, one of the founders of the impressive YanukovychLeaks collaborative investigative journalism project, visited Paris this week to try to activate the global journalism communuity in support of Ukrainian journalists.

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Julie Posetti

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2014-05-09 12:37

Russia's top tabloid editor on Crimea and the 'Information Wars'

From the heart of Russia’s media world, Editor-in-Chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Vladimir Sungorkin* has offered the Editors Weblog an exclusive perspective on the impact of the Crimean crisis on contemporary news coverage.

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Alexandra Sazonova-Prokouran

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2014-04-15 11:32

Thousands in Moscow march against the Crimean media crisis towards a "Putin-free Russia"

 Thousands of participants gathered in the centre of Moscow yesterday to take part in the “March of Truth”, dedicated to freedom of speech and journalistic independence. The official theme of the event was the defence of the integrity of mass-media.

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Alexandra Sazonova-Prokouran

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2014-04-14 12:13

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