Edward Snowden: What To Expect When You're Defecting

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54. No it isn't. They're an investigative paper. Their focus is Russia--politicians, criminals, etc.

They are the antithesis to Putin, they may agree with USA on some matters, but that doesn't put them in our pocket. Gorbachev and a pal own half the thing. The rest is owned by the employees.

That paper is all about RUSSIA. Not everything that people do is done against a backdrop of our concerns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Gazeta


Novaya Gazeta (Russian: Новая газета, translated as New Gazette) is a Russian liberal opposition newspaper well known in the country for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs.[2] Four Novaya Gazeta journalists, including Yury Shchekochikhin and Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered since 2001.[3]

It is published in Moscow, in regions within Russia, and in some foreign countries. As of 2009, the print edition is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; English articles on the website are published more erratically. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and State Duma Deputy Alexander Lebedev own 49% of the newspaper and the paper's staff controls the remaining 51% of shares.[citation needed]