Twelve years later, we’re still making trouble. An anniversary note about exile, censorship, and the next birthday we hope to reach
On October 20, 2014, Meduza went live from Riga. Earlier that year, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and our co-founder Galina Timchenko was fired as editor-in-chief of the popular news portal Lenta.ru, prompting mass resignations in the newsroom. Starting a news organization abroad may have seemed like a drastic way to keep reporting independently on Russia, but Meduza was never timid. Also, in retrospect, it was a prescient move.