The context of what's happening in Russia is very important. And very sad:

1. Lenta.ru, one of the biggest Russian news websites (600 thousand visitors daily) mentioned in the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenta.ru Although Wikipedia says "39 employees out of the total 84 lost their jobs" it is known that they were not fired but were leaving the company together with fired Editor-in-Chief Galina Timchenko as an act against censorship. Some links:

2. And this is what happened with TV Rain news channel. It will be closed soon most probably.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/04/russian-news-ch...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/02/asking...

3. Echo Moskvy. "The head of one of Russia's few remaining independent broadcasters, Ekho Moskvy, has been dismissed and replaced by an editor from state media.", "Its editor said it was an "unjust" and "totally political decision" aimed at changing editorial policy."

http://www.rferl.org/content/gazprom_wants_to_dismiss_radio_...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26239715

4. The New Times started a paid subscription to protect itself from censorship a few months ago. This is the only link, in Russian, couldn't find any sources in English: http://www.newtimes.ru/obrashenie-avtora/

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