Claim 689

Meduza's own assessment of the designation's practical effect.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Meduza's own assessment of the designation's practical effect.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Meduza's editor says the label destroys its business
About: incident 2021-russia-designates-meduza-foreign-agent
Source: Russia designates independent outlets Meduza and PASMI as 'foreign agents'
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021-04-26

Quotation from the source

Recognition of Meduza as a foreign agent deprives us of the opportunity to fully engage in journalism in Russia (because this is a discriminatory status), and destroys our business (because advertisers will run away from us),