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10th Media Day at Humboldt School

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On October 8, the anniversary Media Day took place in Kiel.
Following the recommendation of Martina Baeurle, the director of the Hamburg Foundation for Politically Persecuted Persons, and at the invitation of the organizers (Manuel Raschke), Galina and I took part in this event.

I prepared a presentation titled “Freedom of the Media in Russia.”
We spoke to the senior students of Humboldt School about ourselves and our activities in Germany — about the Russian-speaking community “Anti-War Hamburg” and our project “Psychological Support for Victims of the War in Ukraine.”

In my talk, I shared my impressions of the difficult path that Russian media have gone through over the forty years since the beginning of glasnost and the abolition of censorship, and I listed the journalists who lost their lives along the way.

From February 24, 2022, to February 13, 2025, a total of 21,834 online resources were blocked in Russia; 20,081 people were detained for their anti-war stance; 10,778 administrative cases and 1,941 criminal cases were initiated — including 151 against journalists.

We answered questions and even managed to discuss the merits of German literature.

P.S. Many thanks to Yana Movchan for her excellent translation.Мое выступлениеРассвет и закат СМИЖурналисты жертвы путинизма