There are fates worse than death, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan told journalists on Saturday in the wake of a disrupted attempt on her life by a neo-Nazi group. The journalist said that she was not afraid of dying for her homeland and wished her assassination plotters understood the error of …
Read More »Ukraine-backed radicals considered assassinating RT editor-in-chief – Moscow
A neo-Nazi group that was allegedly instructed by Kiev to kill TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov had several other targets, including RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, according to video footage released by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Amid the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine aimed at the “denazification” of the country, …
Read More »EU sanctions Russia’s defense head, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, RT’s editor-in-chief
The European Union has imposed sanctions on a series of senior Russian officials – including Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and presidential chief of staff Anton Vaino – as well RT’s own editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, accusing each of helping to “threaten the territorial integrity” of Ukraine. Responding to Moscow’s decision to …
Read More »UK wants to give Assange to people who ‘contemplated killing’ him – WikiLeaks editor-in-chief to RT
“We are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level … at the CIA and the White House, contemplated kidnapping or killing Julian Assange,” Kristinn Hrafnsson said, referring to a Yahoo News report detailing the CIA’s hunt after Assange under then-Director Mike Pompeo. Hrafnsson spoke to RT …
Read More »German tabloid Bild fires its editor after reports of sexual misconduct… but it’s all about money, not press integrity
As Germany’s biggest news outlet appoints Johannes Boie, 37, its new editor-in-chief today, having finally sacked former boss Julian Reichelt over allegations of sexual impropriety at work, those young female interns and junior reporters might claim victory. But his departure was really all about the business. Nothing more. The publishing …
Read More »Ex-NYT editor Bari Weiss goes on CNN to denounce ‘world gone mad’ from wokeness and cancel culture (VIDEO)
Weiss famously “self-canceled” in July 2020, resigning from the New York Times in protest over the sacking of an opinion editor at the behest of a Twitter mob. She has since set up shop on Substack and reinvested the proceeds into hiring a group of colleagues. Appearing on Stelter’s ‘Reliable …
Read More »‘I’d have given it to Navalny, but f**k you, I don’t feel any guilt,’ Russian editor Muratov says after being awarded Nobel Prize
However, perhaps tired of being harrangued over whether he deserved the recognition, he unloaded on one questioner during an appearance on radio station Echo of Moscow, on Friday evening. “Am I to blame for the fact that the award was received by the newspaper and not by Navalny? F**k you. …
Read More »Long-serving editor of Russia’s Novaya Gazeta Muratov wins 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for ‘efforts to safeguard freedom of expression’
The decision, announced by committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen on Friday, was accredited due to Muratov and Ressa’s commitment to free speech, which was described as “a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” According to the official Twitter account of the Nobel Prize committee, Muratov has “defended freedom of speech in …
Read More »‘No sane person’ believes in ‘freedom of speech’ in the West, RT editor-in-chief says as YouTube censors German-language channels
The purportedly permanent removal of the two YouTube channels, RT DE and Der Fehlende Part, followed a broad campaign against RT’s operations waged by German media and government officials, Simonyan insisted on Wednesday. The effort stemmed from the rapid audience growth the now-defunct channels have enjoyed, she believes. “Before the removal …
Read More »‘A declaration of media war against Russia by Germany,’ claims RT editor-in-chief after YouTube deletes popular RT DE channels
Both channels have been deleted permanently, without the right of restoration. YouTube said the RT DE channel was serving a “community guidelines” strike for alleged “medical misinformation,” and that the DFP alternative posting those videos amounted to “attempting to circumvent the restrictions,” triggering the ban. Those “clear” rules are not …
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