As pressure on media increases, increasing number of Russian exiled journalists keep hopes alive | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

On March 12, 2014, Galina Timchenko, the editor-in-chief of Russian news website Lenta.Ru, received a call from Alexander Mamut, the publication’s principal stockholder. Mamut commended Timchenko for her professional abilities. “You’re a great editor,” he said. He also informed her that she was fired. Mamut never explained why he made the decision, one that seems especially…