Novaya Gazeta and Echo of Moscow are state-sanctioned news outlets that help opposition minded people vent off. These media exist because the state allows them

Novaya Gazeta and Echo of Moscow are state-sanctioned news outlets that help opposition minded people vent off. These media exist because the state allows them to exist. Of course, for them to be of any interest to people resenting Kremlin rule they need to employ some good and brave people. These people do risk their lives, but it is they who are heroes, not their employer. When time comes to choose the sides, like the recent blatant and open fraud committed with the 'electronic voting' in Moscow elections, Muratov was quick to jump in and defend [1] his friend Venediktov, which shows that Muratov knows the rules of the game and will obey and cowtow to Kremlin when needed. That's why Kremlin was so quick to congratulate him: they are very content with this decision, they have won, again. The most popular proposal for the Peace Prize this year were two people: Maria Kolesnikova and Aleksey Navalny, both currently jailed by the dictatorial regimes of their respective countries. Overlooking them for a journalist with rather flexible moral principles is a big disgrace. [1]: https://echo.msk.ru/blog/dmitry_muratov/2912018-echo/ https://echo.msk.ru/blog/dmitry_muratov/2912018-echo/