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Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure: source
Source: Reuters
World | Fri May 13, 2016 11:09am EDT
Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure: source
MOSCOW | BY MARIA TSVETKOVA AND ANDREW OSBORN
Three top editors from Russia's RBC media group, whose reports about Vladimir Putin have irked the Kremlin, left their jobs on Friday with one source saying they were worried their managers were bowing to Kremlin pressure over their reporting.
The exodus is a setback for what is widely regarded as one of the few independent media groups in Russia in a landscape otherwise dominated by state media outlets that closely toe the Kremlin's line.
An article the newspaper ran on Wednesday reporting that oyster farming was set to start near a palatial property in southern Russia dubbed "Putin's Palace" by the media was the last straw, the same RBC source told Reuters.
"It provoked the Kremlin's ire and they complained to the (group's) shareholder," said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied Putin has any connection to the property.
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Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure: source
MOSCOW | BY MARIA TSVETKOVA AND ANDREW OSBORN
Three top editors from Russia's RBC media group, whose reports about Vladimir Putin have irked the Kremlin, left their jobs on Friday with one source saying they were worried their managers were bowing to Kremlin pressure over their reporting.
The exodus is a setback for what is widely regarded as one of the few independent media groups in Russia in a landscape otherwise dominated by state media outlets that closely toe the Kremlin's line.
An article the newspaper ran on Wednesday reporting that oyster farming was set to start near a palatial property in southern Russia dubbed "Putin's Palace" by the media was the last straw, the same RBC source told Reuters.
"It provoked the Kremlin's ire and they complained to the (group's) shareholder," said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied Putin has any connection to the property.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-editor-idUSKCN0Y41LF