by jpitney | Mar 29, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
Eliot Brown at WSJ: Evan Gershkovich was supposed to be with his friends in Berlin the first week of April 2023. The Wall Street Journal Russia correspondent was set to stay in an Airbnb in the edgy Neukölln neighborhood, a base to explore the city’s cobble-lined...
by jpitney | Mar 11, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
It’s Monday, March 11, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023. 348 DAYS AGO. FREE EVAN NOW! Journalism is not a crime! Almunus of NYT, The Moscow Times, & Agence France-Presse.#IStandWithEvan pic.twitter.com/T3HRBtCSSs — Jake...
by jpitney | Feb 20, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Russia, Ukraine
Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer at WP: As World War II raged in Europe, Republicans initially opposed U.S. involvement even as proponents argued that helping allies would prevent direct aggression toward the U.S. — the same argument used today to support...
by jpitney | Jan 14, 2024 | Democracy, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion, Russia, Tocqueville, Ukraine
Tocqueville wrote: “Now, it is this clear perception of the future, based on judgment and experience, which must often be lacking in a democracy. The people feel more strongly than they reason; and if present ills are great, it is to be feared that they will...
by jpitney | Nov 22, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
🧵On March 29, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/ll83UMXTeD...
by jpitney | Sep 2, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
From AFP: Russia has added respected journalist and Nobel prize co-recipient Dmitry Muratov to its list of foreign agents, a label authorities commonly use to stifle critics. The move targeting the editor of Russia’s top independent publication, Novaya Gazeta, is part...
