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HARDtalk: Galina Timchenko - Russian journalist and executive editor, Meduza

27/02/2019

Galina Timchenko - Russian journalist and executive editor, Meduza

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Galina Timchenko - Russian journalist and executive editor, Meduza

Sarah Montague talks to Russian journalist Galina Timchenko.

Sarah Montague asks Galina Timchenko if she should she have stayed in Russia to defend herself and her journalism.

Galina Timchenko made her name as editor of one of Russia's leading news websites Lenta.ru. In March 2014 she was fired, she claims as a result of pressure from the Kremlin. Along with some former colleagues, she set up Meduza, a rival news website based in Latvia.

Sarah Montague asks Galina Timchenko if she should she have stayed in Russia to defend herself and her journalism.

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