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Exile Media Forum 2022 – Keynote by Ivan Kolpakov, Editor-in-chief of Meduza.io

Ivan Kolpakov is the editor-in-chief of the Russian-language exile medium Meduza.io, which has been operating from exile in Latvia since 2004. Kolpakov talks about the creation of the news platform and current developments in press freedom in Russia.

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Ivan Kolpakov is the editor-in-chief of the Russian-language exile medium Meduza.io. Meduza has been reporting from exile in Latvia since 2004. Kolpakov talks about the creation of the news platform, the pressure on journalistic work by the Russian government, and developments in press freedom in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.