Moscow feels threatened by the work of independent Crimean citizen journalists and bloggers shedding light on the dire reality in the Russia-occupied peninsula since 2014. And its response to gag Crimean media workers has been cutthroat. What challenges do independent journalists face in Russia-occupied Crimea? And does Putin have a chance to erase independent media in the peninsula by his repressive means?
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Yuliia Rudenko: The price of freedom of speech in occupied Crimea
A painted like prison cell corridor is seen during the presentation of the art project "Underground Despair", dedicated to 98 Crimean residents who were arrested after the annexation of the peninsula by Russia by Georgian artist David Kukhalashvili in downtown Kyiv on Feb. 8, 2021.
