Ukrainian Media – Johnson's Russia List

NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine Declares War on Journalism” – New York Times/IAN BATESON

June 1, 2016 JRL Russia List Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Ukraine

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

…. We were collectively labeled “terrorist collaborators” for gaining accreditation from the separatists. The list’s publishers claimed not to know what the consequences would be of releasing this information, but it seemed clear that the intent was to encourage people to take action against the journalists on their own. * * * trying to encourage ‘patriotic’ journalism, in which the […]

Turning our backs on Ukraine

May 12, 2016 JRL Russia List Media, Internet, Social Media, Television

Two years after the tumultuous events of 2014, Ukraine is falling out of international media – with consequences for Ukraine’s democracy. (opendemocracy.org – Ian Bateson – May 11, 2016) Ian Bateson is a foreign correspondent living in Kiev, Ukraine. He has written for Reuters, the Guardian, the Daily Beast and AL Jazeera. He tweets as @ianbateson. Over the past year, […]