Novaya Gazeta Europe

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On Tuesday, Friends of Novaya Gazeta Europe, a Swiss-based non-profit association, held its second annual board meeting, where its members unanimously approved all the board’s proposals. 💬 During the meeting, Novaya Gazeta Europe CEO Maria Epifanova spoke of the difficulties Novaya Europe has faced since being declared an “undesirable organisation” last June. “It’s important for us to know that we are not alone. That at least here, in Europe, we are ‘desirable’. This is why your support is so important for us,” Epifanova said. Despite its “undesirable” status, Novaya Europe has published numerous reports and investigations documenting the effect the war has had on people in Russia and those in the occupied territories, Epifanova added. 💬 Arnold Khachaturov, head of the Novaya Europe data department, spoke of finding the right balance between data-based journalism and human-interest stories, which Novaya has always prided itself on. 💬 Daniel Thüler, president of the association, thanked its members for their support of Novaya Gazeta Europe, helping to make sure it continues its work even from exile. You can become a friend of Novaya Gazeta Europe here: https://lnkd.in/dXpcDXPY Support our work here: https://lnkd.in/di9diQSS

😱 Pegasus spyware used to target at least seven journalists and activists in the EU. Among the journalists to receive a warning from Apple that their phone had been compromised was Novaya Gazeta Europe CEO Maria Epifanova, whose phone was infected on 18 August 2020 — the earliest use of Pegasus Citizen Lab was able to detect. Shortly beforehand, Epifanova attended the first press conference given by the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Other affected individuals included Belarusian opposition politician Andrey Sannikov, Belarusian journalist Natalya Radina, Novaya Gazeta Baltic correspondent Yevgeny Pavlov, Russian-Israeli journalist Yevgeny Erlikh, as well as an unnamed Belarusian activist and an unnamed Russian journalist living in Vilnius. Galina Timchenko, the founder and publisher of the independent Russian news website Meduza, also had her phone infected with the spyware in 2023, the report added. Citizen Lab, which studies information controls, online freedom and security, and threats to human rights, said that it had not been able to establish who was behind the cyber attacks, but said that it was continuing to investigate the matter. The report also said that the governments of Poland, Russia and Belarus were unlikely to have been behind the attacks as none of them hold a licence for the technology. The attacks on the prominent journalists and activists have led many to criticise Pegasus for facilitating breaches of privacy and human rights violations. Despite this, the software continues to be available to government agencies to potentially misuse. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dMrqbDsk 🤗 Support us: https://lnkd.in/di9diQSS

Novaya Gazeta Europe’s first book has just been published by Freedom Letters Wilderness: Thirteen Dispatches From Russia at War makes the reasons for our decision to leave Russia very clear. The book consists of reports from Russia about Russia that could not be published in Russia. 📍 The stories in the book come from areas as varied as the Belgorod region on Russia’s border with Ukraine to the Khabarovsk region in Russia’s Far East. 🕛 The book covers the first two years of the war. 📚 The title documents our country’s descent into the abyss. You can order a hard copy or download an ebook using this link: https://lnkd.in/dEhN49MS You can also make a donation to ensure we can continue our work in exile here: https://lnkd.in/di9diQSS

❌ Russia no longer has a president A statement on Putin's inauguration by the Novaya Gazeta Europe editorial board Novaya Gazeta Europe refuses to recognise the March 2024 election as legitimate or to refer to Putin as the president of Russia. ❗️ We call on all independent media outlets to join us in our decision to cease referring to the Russian dictator as the president. Support us: https://lnkd.in/di9diQSS

In 2023, the Russian Ministry of Justice declared over 50 organisations — media outlets, human right groups, environmental initiatives — “undesirable”, essentially branding them criminals. ✨ Novaya Gazeta Europe is among them. Here’s a brief recap of what we did to deserve such a designation. In short: if the Kremlin is angry at us, then we must be doing our job well. You, our readers, are our sole employer, and we only have your interests in mind. ⭐️  Thanks to your support, we’re still here, and are still able to document the activities of Putin’s dictatorship: activities that work against Russians themselves, but in essence against all free people. Your donations matter. Click here to make a donation to support independent journalism: https://lnkd.in/di9diQSS

📝 Named for the official status given to us by the Kremlin, UNDESIRABLE is Novaya Gazeta Europe’s new weekly English newsletter that comes out on Fridays. Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/dCjmQpqd

📛 Named for the official status given to us by the Kremlin, UNDESIRABLE is Novaya Gazeta Europe’s new weekly English newsletter. Every Friday, subscribers will receive a recap of the week’s most important news from Russia, as well as exclusive early access to an upcoming Novaya Europe long read or investigation. ✅ Subscribe to UNDESIRABLE here: https://lnkd.in/dQtKCV2g