Russian reporters resign en masse in row over Putin ally report

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS MAY 20, 2019 / 10:19 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

Russian reporters resign en masse in row over Putin ally report

Tom Balmforth
3 MIN READ

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior editor and 10 journalists at Russian daily newspaper Kommersant said on Monday they were resigning to protest against the firing of two colleagues over an article about a possible reshuffle of President Vladimir Putin’s close allies.

The resignations, involving Kommersant’s entire political staff, highlight tensions between publishers and newspaper staff in Russia’s closely-controlled media landscape, which is dominated by pro-Kremlin state outlets.

The two reporters, Ivan Safronov and Maxim Ivanov, said they had been forced to quit after Kommersant’s publishing house - owned by billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov - took umbrage at an article they authored last month.

Kommersant, a leading business broadsheet acquired by Usmanov in 2006, said it was not immediately able to respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-kommersant/russian-reporters-resign-en-masse-in-row-over-putin-ally-report-idUSKCN1SQ1JV

[Sanity Claws]

1. I hope these guys don't fall off a roof or out of a window.

That seems to happen to a lot of people who cross Putin or his buds.