Russia Bans The Moscow Times But the Newspaper’s Staff Won’t Back Down
Russian authorities on Wednesday slapped an “undesirable” label on The Moscow Times, an independent English language newspaper, essentially banning the outlet from continuing operations in the country, where media is tightly controlled by the state.
With the new designation, Russians could face criminal prosecution for working with or having ties to the outlet, the Times reported.
But staff at the newspaper appeared undeterred, with Times founder Derk Sauer writing in a post on X: “Of course, we will continue with our work as usual: independent journalism. That’s a crime in Putin’s Russia."