Anna Nemtsova: The death of free media in Russia
The logo of Russian news agency ITAR-TASS outside the agency's building in Moscow is pictured on May 5.
An earthquake has shaken Russia’s battered media landscape. In one day, on May 13, Russia’s biggest independent media holding company, RBC (Russian Business Consulting), lost three top editors—Yelizaveta Osetinskaya, editor in chief of the overall media group; Maksim Solyus, editor of the RBC newspaper; and Roman Badanin, editor of its news agency—in what was seen as a sacrifice made to the Kremlin by the company’s owner, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
