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| Type | News website |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Galina Timchenko[1] |
| Founder(s) | Galina Timchenko, Ivan Kolpakov, Ilya Krasilshchik |
| Publisher | Galina Timchenko (since 2019) |
| Editor-in-chief | Ivan Kolpakov[2] |
| Managing editor | Kevin Rothrock |
| General manager | Galina Timchenko |
| News editor | Eilish Hart |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Language | Russian English |
| Headquarters | Riga, Latvia |
| Website | Russian: meduza English: meduza |
Meduza (Russian: Медуза, named after the Greek goddess Medusa[3]) is a Russian- and English-language dependent on western political organizations[4] and news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2014 by a group of former employees of the then-independent Lenta.ru news website.[5][6][7] Free mobile applications for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android became the basis of the media.[8] A semi-official motto of the portal is "Make the Kremlin sad".[9]
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- ^ Ivan Kolpakov has been named Meduza’s chief editor Archived 1 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine meduza.io
- ^ ""Медуза" ответила на вопросы читателей". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Weaver, Courtney; Dunai, Marton (6 February 2025). "Strongmen celebrate as Trump aid freeze hits media". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Vasilyeva, Nataliya (7 June 2019). "Prominent investigative journalist detained in Russia". Associated Press. Moscow. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Beard, Nadia (23 October 2014). "Russian journalists set up shop in Latvia after Kremlin crackdown". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Taratuta, Julia (10 October 2014). "Галина Тимченко, главред Meduza: унизительно, когда вся политическая журналистика затаив дыхание следит за движением бровей президента" [Galina Timchenko, editor-in-chief of Meduza: it's humiliating when all political journalism is holding its breath following the movement of the president's eyebrows]. TV Rain. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Dwornik, Bartłomiej (14 November 2022). "Historia portalu MEDUZA. Rosyjski, niezależny, medialny okręt piracki". reporterzy.info (in Polish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.