Gazeta staff ‘need guns’
Alexander Lebedev has announced that he has requested journalists on his Novaya Gazeta newspaper be allowed to carry guns.
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Novaya Gazeta reporter shot
Anastasiya Baburova, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper funded by Alexander Lebedev, was seriously wounded in a shooting incident in Moscow earlier today.
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Alexander Lebedev and the art of owning newspapers
The UK press is buzzing with the news of Russian Alexander Lebedev’s takeover of London’s Evening Standard.
So what can Standard staff expect? Abramovich-style injections of cash? Possibly not: less than two months ago, Novaya Gazeta, the Russian paper funded in large part by Lebedev, ditched a large number of staff and freelancers. Read Maria Eismont’s report for Index on Censorship here.