Russia’s journalists and their fight for a free press

Behind the scenes at Russian independent media and NGOs during the war in Ukraine. As the Putin government further escalates its suppression of free voices, newspaper Novaya Gazeta, radio station Echo of Moscow and Rain TV try to find ways to continue their work. “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, reinterprets this saying: In his view, the “barking” dogs represent independent media as an antidote to the tyranny of the governmental caravan. Muratov asks: “Is it possible to continue working under military censorship?”

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