MediaZona
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Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| Available in | Russian |
| Owner | Pyotr Verzilov |
| Created by | Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina |
| Editor | Sergey Smirnov (main editor) |
| URL | zona |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 4, 2014 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Proprietary |
Mediazona is a Russian website. Two girls from the Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot (Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) made it in 2014.[1][2] Russian political journalist Sergey Smirnov is the main editor of the website.[3]
Mediazona gives information on the judicial, law enforcement, and penal system in Russia.[4][5][6] Since 2020 the site gives such news on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus too.[3]
Mediazona has a Russian media license, but Tolokonnikova said in 2016 that it could be taken away at any time.[5]
The site of Mediazona can't be opened in Belarus.[7][8]
On 30 January 2021, the main editor of Mediazona Sergey Smirnov was locked up by the police.[9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Pussy Riot Members Launch Independent Russian News Service – SPIN". 5 September 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Russian police detain Pussy Riot sympathizers in cathedral". Reuters. February 21, 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barcella, Laura. "Two Pussy Riot Members Start a News Service". Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "What Life Is Like in a Prison Camp in the Donetsk People's Republic – VICE – United States". 20 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Pussy Riot founder sets sites on Russian media". 9 May 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2016 – via Reuters.
- ↑ Sologub, Nikita (9 March 2015). "Under suspicion: death in a Siberian cell". Retrieved 22 November 2016 – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Штейн, Евгения (2020-08-29). "В Беларуси заблокировали «Нашу Нiву» и naviny.by, журналистов иностранных СМИ лишают аккредитации" (in Russian). Onliner.by. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ "В Белоруссии заблокировали несколько десятков информационных сайтов. Среди них — "Радио Свобода" и "Медиазона"" [Several Dozen of Independent Media Websites Blocked in Belarus, Including Radio Freedom and Mediazone] (in Russian). Meduza. 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ↑ "В Москве задержали главреда «Медиазоны»". rbc.ru. 30 January 2021.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- "Pussy Riot Launches MediaZona, An Independent News Service in Russia". Pitchfork. September 4, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2016.