Digital Archive Aims to Preserve a Threatened Russian Independent Media

As independent media outlets in Russia are closed or forced into exile, a new digital archive aims to preserve their records

A digital archive of journalism produced by independent Russian news outlets over the past 20 years launched Tuesday under a partnership between PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for free expression, and Bard College., which includes work from 13 news outlets and hopes to eventually include more than 70.Catch up on the headlines, understand the news and make better decisions, free in your inbox every day.

Mr. Gershkovich’s March 29 detainment by Russian authorities while he was on a reporting trip to the Urals city of Yekaterinburg is the latest signal of deteriorating press freedoms in Russia.there has become more difficult in recent years, with many independent news outlets designated as “foreign agents,” a label used by the government for what it says are foreign-funded organizations or those that authorities deem to be influenced by foreign sources.

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