Could close forever also the last bastion of independent information in Russiathe RBC group: The gas giant in late 2021 Rosneft and his satellite company NNK They again took RBC to court with a lawsuit 7 million. Meanwhile, RBC lost already two causes and it is very likely that he will lose the third one in a month. Seven million dollars is more than budget by RBC and will obviously lead the company to that Fail. That being said, RBC lives on advertising revenue which are shrinking every day due to the economic consequences sanctions and the exodus from international companies from the Russian market: to date minus 65%. Of the 2017 Rosneft has repeatedly tried to take RBC to court. RBC successfully fought back the first time and then in 2020, the latter case for a value of $625 million. Absolutely a character Without precedents for a lawsuit against the media, most likely aimed at shutting down the company.
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Well before protests against the war in Ukraine the situation regarding freedom of the press and the expression in Russia was alarming: in the last three months, the Russian authorities have triggered one repression unprecedented against independent journalism, blocking the most popular critical media, shutdown independent radio stations and forcing scores of journalists to resign or quit their jobs leave the country. In this way, citizens have been denied access to objective and reliable information. The same Roskomnadzorthe Russian media regulator, has blocked access to Facebook and Twitter.
In Russia, newspapers are under surgical pressure: good so far 166 among independent journalists and bloggers who wrote in the Moscow Times, Dozhd, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta were declared agents Foreigner. It should not be forgotten that after the new information law that came into force last March immediately after the invasion of Ukraine, any media or journalist who speaks out an opinion or one vision of events in Ukraine except those of Department of Defense can be sentenced to do so 15 years in prison. This is the reason for the regression of many authoritative newspapers, some of which have actually done so forbidden by the state regulator Roskomnadzor.
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The only free megaphone e not state Exactly what appeals to the name remained intact in the country RBC group which, among other things, broadcast speeches by senior Ukrainian officials, including the President Zelenskyyor those of European politicians and American. Established in 1993, RBC is an information resource for over 40 million people in Russia and abroad. It is also considered by international experts as one of the milestones of civil society in Russia. In addition to breaking news and economic focus, RBC publishes a lot of content investmentsstock markets, literacy financiallyPopular science and new technologies, or exclusive interviews with representatives of the most important international companies. In the past the group has been a partner of major names on the international scene such as Ft, CNBC, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle. In the first two months of the war in Ukraine, the 65% the RBC ad was turned off. Therefore, it is very likely that he will meet soon Financial problems giganticwith the possible dismissal of him thousand employees (of which 600 journalists).