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Russian media regulator denies registration to Crimean news outlets

March 19, 2015 3:53 PM ET

New York, March 19, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deteriorating media climate in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia last year. On April 1, a news agency and a media company face being...

Independent Crimean broadcaster raided by Russian security agents

January 26, 2015 2:24 PM ET

ATR Director Elzara Islyamova describes the raid on ATR before agents cut her short. (YouTube) New York, January 26, 2015--Authorities in Crimea should stop targeting the independent regional broadcaster ATR immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after...