MOSCOW (AP) — Galina Timchenko recalls how proud she felt when the Russian news website she edited reached 3 million users per day. When she reported the figures to the website’s owner, he was horrified.”At that moment something snapped inside and I understood that this is the end, because there cannot be such an influential resource that is not controlled by the Kremlin,” Timchenko said.A month later, she was fired and a more Kremlin-friendly editor was brought in to run the website, Lenta.ru.The shakeup at Lenta.ru last year came as the government was pushing through a slew of new laws …read more
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