Top Russia newspaper editors quit, denouncing censorshipVedemosti joined forces last year with two other leading dailies to denounce the arrest of investigative reporter Ivan Golunov on drugs charges that were later droppedMOSCOW - Senior editors at Russia's leading business newspaper quit Monday in protest against what they say is censorship under new ownership, as a months-long dispute between journalists and management came to a head. "All five deputy editors at Vedomosti are leaving the newspaper in protest over the appointment of Andrei Shmarov as editor-in-chief," the newspaper said. Boris Safronov, one of the editors who resigned, told AFP he believed "the old Vedomosti will soon be no more". Vedomosti journalists have denounced censorship under Shmarov, saying his appointment was political. In May, 2019 the entire politics desk of Russian business daily Kommersant, a Vedomosti rival, quit in protest over censorship.

Source: Bangkok Post June 15, 2020 16:41 UTC