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“Meduza was never meant to be opposed to anything. We are strictly pro-common sense. Unfortunately, it’s no longer possible to maintain that in Russia anymore, and this is why we had to leave.”
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Tomkiw, Lydia. "With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Feb. 2015. Web. 20 Sep. 2023.
APA
Tomkiw, L. (2015, Feb. 6). With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 20, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/with-aggregation-and-translation-russias-free-press-in-exile-site-meduza-is-reaching-english-readers/
Chicago
Tomkiw, Lydia. "With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 6, 2015. Accessed September 20, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/with-aggregation-and-translation-russias-free-press-in-exile-site-meduza-is-reaching-english-readers/.
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