A Territory Free from the State

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Notes

1. E. Znamenskaia, “Po urovniu zhitelei Zhukovogo vlast dolzhna byt’ v tri raza umnee i vosem’ raz chestnee (By the level of the residents of Zhukovsky, the authorities should be three times smarter and eight times more honest),” Interview with Alexei Navalny, Zhukovskie vesti, March 28, 2017, http://www.zhukvesti.ru/blogs/detail/39918/.

2. P. Lobkov, “V Tsagovskom lesu snosiat lager’ ekologov” (Ecologists’ camp demolished in Tsavgovsky forest), Dozhd television channel, May 14, 2012, https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/here_and_now/v_tsagovskom_lesu_snosyat_lager_ekologov-257701/.

3. M. Eismont, “Fal’sifikatsiia radi fal’sifikatsii” (Fraud for the sake of fraud), The New Times, September 14, 2014, http://newtimes.ru/stati/xroniki/4d0efe3eb96d117fc981cc6f4a8fb251-falsufukacuya-radu-falsufukacuu.html.

4. M. Rudneev, “‘Gazeta.Ru’ o sluchae v Berdske: Izbitaia dvornichikha popala pod tsenzuru” (“Gazeta.Ru” about the incident in Berdsk: Beaten caretaker is censored), Taiga Info, October 19, 2006, http://old5.tayga.info/92733.

5. See http://pravdaispravedlivost.onf.ru/.

6. The alliance was founded in 2005 to unite publishers of private printed media in Russian regions. See http://anri.org.ru/about/about.php.

7. “Altapress.ru: Yury Purgin zadal vopros Vladimiru Putin” (Iury Purgin asks Vladimir Putin a question), YouTube.com, April 3, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDVBwXAAmY.

8. V. Kondrashov, “Priamaia liniia s prezidentom, Apatity, Dar’ia Starikova” (Hotline with the president, Apatity, Daria Starikova), YouTube.com, June 15, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-5eywso7Xk.

9. “Spetsborom MCHS v Moskvu na lechenie dostavili Dar’iu Starikova, u kotoroi vovremia ne razpoznali rak” (Daria Starikova, who was not timely diagnosed with cancer, is flown to Moscow for treatment on an Emergency Ministry charter flight), Pervyi kanal, June 19, 2017, https://www.1tv.ru/news/2017-06-19/327322-spetsbortom_mchs_v_moskvu_na_lechenie_dostavili_daryu_starikovu_u_kotoroy_vovremya_ne_raspoznali_rak.

10. From 2006 to 2013 the author of this article headed the program “Independent printed media of Russia” of the “New Eurasia” fund, which was financed by USAID. Many media bodies mentioned in the article took part in educational events of the program: professional competitions, conferences, seminars and internships.

11. K. Gorelova, “Nadpisiami ‘Agent SSHA’ i ‘Piataia kolonna’ ispisali ofis redaktsii ‘Kur’er. Sreda. Berdsk’” (Newsroom of Kur’er. Sreda. Berdsk graffitied with words “US Agent” and “Fifth column”), Kur’er. Sreda. Berdsk. Mary 4, 2015, http://www.kurer-sreda.ru/2015/05/04/180628-nadpisyami-agent-ssha-i-pyataya-kolonna-ispisali-ofis-redakcii-kurer-sreda-berdsk.

12. “‘CHP. Ressledovanie’: ‘Dolzhniki Gosdepa’” (“Incident. Investigation”: “Recipients of the State Department,” NTV, March 4, 2016, http://www.ntv.ru/video/1265547/.

13. N. Rostova, “U nas primerno mesiats” (We have about a month), Interview with the president of TV-2 Arkady Maiofis, Slon.ru, May 21, 2014, https://republic.ru/russia/tv_2_tomsk-1100897.xhtml.

14. I. Gerasimov and G.I. Naberezhnov, “Tomskaia telekompaniia TV-2 prekratila veshchanie v kabel’nykh setiakh” (Tomsk television company TV-2 stops broadcasting on cable networks), RBK, February 8, 2015, http://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/08/02/2015/54d7bcfa9a794718956b381a.

15. “Obnarodovano reshenie po zhalobe na fil’m ‘Dolzhinki Gosdepa’” (Decision made public concerning the complaint about the film “Debtors of the State Department”), Public Board on Press Complaints, May 12, 2016, http://www.presscouncil.ru/index.php/novosti/5308-film-ntv-dolzhniki-gosdepa-lozhnyj-donos-kotoryj-pozorit-avtorov-i-brosaet-ten-na-mediatsekh-v-tselom.

16. “Zakliuchenie Obshchestvennoi Kollegii po zhalobam na pressu o filme NTV ‘Dolzhniki Gosdepa’” (Finding of the Public Board on Press Complaints about the NTV film “Debtors of the State Department”), PlanetaSMI.ru, May 23, 2016, http://planetasmi.ru/ofitsialno/44269-zaklyuchenie-obshchestvennoj-kollegii-po-zhalobam-na-pressu-o-filme-ntv-dolzhniki-gosdepa.

17. “Roskomnadzor podozrevaet glavnogo redaktora TV-2 v dvoinom grazhdanstve iz-za pis’ma tomicha Evgeniia Vinnika” (Russian Communications Supervisory Board suspects TV-2 chief editor of dual citizenship because of a letter from Tomsk resident Evgeni Vinnik), TV-2, December 16, 2016, http://tv2.today/TV2Old/Sud-v-chetvertyy-raz-perenes-rassmotrenie-dela-po-licenzii-radiostancii-evropa-plyus-tomsk.

18. “‘Idiotskoe deistvie’: tomskii telekanal obratilsia v posol’stva 144 stran mira iz-za Roskomnadzora” (“Idiotic action”: Tomsk TV channel contacts the embassies of 144 countries of the world because of the Russian Communications Supervisory Board), NEWSru.com, September 5, 2016, http://www.newsru.com/russia/05sep2016/tomsk.html.

19. Doz’h television, “Miting mertvykh detei. Istoriia odnogo protesta v Kudymkare” (Rally of dead children. The story of one protest in Kudymkar), YouTube.com, December 6, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV5zkEk9E1U.

20. L. Korotkov, “Oni srazhalis’ za Palmiru” (They fought for Palmira), Fontanka.ru, March 29, 2016, http://www.fontanka.ru/2016/03/28/171/.

21. I. Tumakova, “Gvardeiskaia diviziia neset poteri v mirnoe vremia” (Guard division suffers losses in peacetime), Fontanka.ru, August 26, 2014, http://www.fontanka.ru/2014/08/26/030/.

22. The words “solid double line” have become widely used by Russian journalists thanks to Igor Trosyankov, who replaced Yelizaveta Osetinskaya’s team as the head of the RBK newsroom. It was in these terms that Trosyankov explained to RBK journalists that their professional freedom was limited. See “‘Esli kto-to schitaet, chto mozhno priamo voobshche vse—eto ne tak,’ Vstrecha sotrudnikov RBK s novym rukovodstvom: rasshifrovka” (If someone thinks that you can do anything you like, that is not the case. Meeting of RBK employees with the new management: transcript), Meduza.io, https://meduza.io/feature/2016/07/08/esli-kto-to-schitaet-chto-mozhno-pryamo-voobsche-vse-eto-ne-tak.

23. “Prinadlezhashchei telekompanii TV-2 radiostantsii otkazalis’ prodlit’ litsenziiu” (Radio stations owned by TV-2 television company refused extension of licenses), RBK, May 11, 2016, http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/573374309a7947221ac956d9.

24. The 7×7 project has staff correspondents in Komi, Kirov, Karelia, Mary El and Kostroma. The project also covers events in a number of other regions—in Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Ryazan, Oryol, Voronezh, Kaluga, Yaroslavl and Chuvashia—also with the assistance of freelancers.

25. A. Iarova, “‘Delo Dmitrieva.’ Spetsial’nyi reportazh o dele arestovannogo karel’skogo istorika” (“The Dmitriev Case.” Special report on the case of an arrested Karelian historian), 7×7 (Republic of Karelia), March 1, 2017, https://7×7-journal.ru/item/92393.

26. The “Editorial Board” project is an independent prize founded by the charitable Sreda Foundation to support professional journalism in Russia. On their website redkollegia.org, the organizers of the prize write that they set the task of “helping those who maintain high standards of the profession in Russia at a time when free and high-quality journalism is subject to pressure from the state.”