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By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now—created b

by aasasd 5y ago

By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now—created by former staff of Lenta.ru after that came under ownership of an oligarch and became pro-government. ‘The Naked Pravda’ is in English and serves the audience who would like to know about Russian affairs from people closer to the ground. In fact, it's quite worthy even for those who speak Russian and have other news sources. https://meduza.io/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda https://meduza.io/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda or https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/podcasts/the-naked-p... Also perhaps https://meduza.io/en https://meduza.io/en and https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en for text—though that has much less material than in Russian, and I can't personally vouch for it. As a gentle reminder: after being declared a ‘foreign agent’ and losing risk-averse advertisers, Meduza lives on direct contributions from readers. Given both the devaluation of the ruble and the financial sanctions (as Meduza is not incorporated in Russia), these contributions will likely shrink, and we might lose one of the last outlets with actual good journalism.

awillen 5y ago
I recommend following him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock, as well as this list, which features his account plus a number of other high-quality accounts reporting on what's happening in Ukraine: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1467909429534380034 https://twitter.com/i/lists/1467909429534380034
aasasd 5y ago
As for the events in the tweet: guess it's time to dust off my trusted Nokia 1200.
tablespoon 5y ago
> By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza: > Meduza (Russian: Медуза, lit. 'jellyfish')[2][3] is a Russian- and English-language independent[7] news website, based in Latvia.
- bvrmn 5y ago
  > That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia It's relocated to Latvia and founded by a former main editor of lenta.ru (a pretty big news agency) after it was raided by government.
- aasasd 5y ago
  Another such shocker is that WikiLeaks is not based in the US.
- jimothyhalpert7 5y ago
  How is that ironic?
- aix1 5y ago
  Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison[1]. It is not at all surprising that an independent news outlet reporting on and for Russia would choose to be based in a different, but nearby jurisdiction. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-law-threatening-15-years-in-jail-for-spreading-fake-information-about-the-military-12557176 https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-la...
  - abc789654567 5y ago
    >Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison. Yes, sure, in a democratic country it's absolutely impossible that a person reporting things that disagree with the official govt line may spend even a single day in prison. Julian Assange can confirm.
    - williamtwild 5y ago
      - abc789654567 5y ago
        >Assange is a puppet of Russia Sure. As well as Snowden and Manning. And anybody else who disagrees with the official govt line. They all are Russian actors. That's how democracy works.
abc789654567 5y ago
>after being declared a ‘foreign agent’ and losing risk-averse advertisers, Meduza lives on direct contributions from readers. A covert foreign agent, also known as a secret agent of a foreign government, may in some countries be presumed to be engaging in espionage. Some countries have formal procedures to legalize the activities of foreign agents acting overtly. An example is the 1938 United States law, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the governing statute of which contains a wide-ranging and detailed definition of "foreign agent."[1] Looks like those stupid Russian barbarians are just silly copycats. They have simply stolen everything from their intelligent democratic predecessors. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac...
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological/nationalistic battle. That's not allowed here, and we ban accounts that do it, regardless of what they're battling for. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- aasasd 5y ago
  ‘The Naked Pravda’ happens to have an episode on the differences between the Russian ‘foreign agent’ status and its US counterpart, and in the practices of how they're used: https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/episodes/2021/05/08/foreign-agents-in-russia-and-the-united-states https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/episodes/2021/05/08/...
dilyevsky 5y ago
Meduza is solid for russian/european news. Especially their analytical podcasts. I recommend donating if you’re NOT currently in russia
JoeOfTexas 5y ago
These sites say "invasion", which is against the new Russian law. I want to see what the Russian propaganda is saying to their people. I haven't been able to find a site.
- squabble 5y ago
  https://english.pravda.ru/ https://english.pravda.ru/
  - JoeOfTexas 5y ago
    Might just be the translation, but their propaganda is so simple... Provide very little actual content.

by aasasd 5y ago

awillen 5y ago

I recommend following him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock, as well as this list, which features his account plus a number of other high-quality accounts reporting on what's happening in Ukraine: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1467909429534380034 https://twitter.com/i/lists/1467909429534380034

aasasd 5y ago

As for the events in the tweet: guess it's time to dust off my trusted Nokia 1200.

tablespoon 5y ago

> By the way, Kevin Rothrock is the host of the podcast ‘The Naked Pravda’ from Meduza, which is one of the main independent news outlets in Russian now That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza: > Meduza (Russian: Медуза, lit. 'jellyfish')[2][3] is a Russian- and English-language independent[7] news website, based in Latvia.

bvrmn 5y ago
> That's ironic because Meduza is apparently based in Latvia It's relocated to Latvia and founded by a former main editor of lenta.ru (a pretty big news agency) after it was raided by government.
aasasd 5y ago
Another such shocker is that WikiLeaks is not based in the US.
jimothyhalpert7 5y ago
How is that ironic?
aix1 5y ago
Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison[1]. It is not at all surprising that an independent news outlet reporting on and for Russia would choose to be based in a different, but nearby jurisdiction. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-law-threatening-15-years-in-jail-for-spreading-fake-information-about-the-military-12557176 https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-russia-passes-la...
- abc789654567 5y ago
  >Russia is a regime where reporting things that disagree with the official govt line is punishable by 15 years in prison. Yes, sure, in a democratic country it's absolutely impossible that a person reporting things that disagree with the official govt line may spend even a single day in prison. Julian Assange can confirm.
  - williamtwild 5y ago
    - abc789654567 5y ago
      >Assange is a puppet of Russia Sure. As well as Snowden and Manning. And anybody else who disagrees with the official govt line. They all are Russian actors. That's how democracy works.

abc789654567 5y ago

>after being declared a ‘foreign agent’ and losing risk-averse advertisers, Meduza lives on direct contributions from readers. A covert foreign agent, also known as a secret agent of a foreign government, may in some countries be presumed to be engaging in espionage. Some countries have formal procedures to legalize the activities of foreign agents acting overtly. An example is the 1938 United States law, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the governing statute of which contains a wide-ranging and detailed definition of "foreign agent."[1] Looks like those stupid Russian barbarians are just silly copycats. They have simply stolen everything from their intelligent democratic predecessors. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac...

dang 5y ago
We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological/nationalistic battle. That's not allowed here, and we ban accounts that do it, regardless of what they're battling for. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
aasasd 5y ago
‘The Naked Pravda’ happens to have an episode on the differences between the Russian ‘foreign agent’ status and its US counterpart, and in the practices of how they're used: https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/episodes/2021/05/08/foreign-agents-in-russia-and-the-united-states https://meduza.global.ssl.fastly.net/en/episodes/2021/05/08/...

dilyevsky 5y ago

Meduza is solid for russian/european news. Especially their analytical podcasts. I recommend donating if you’re NOT currently in russia

JoeOfTexas 5y ago

These sites say "invasion", which is against the new Russian law. I want to see what the Russian propaganda is saying to their people. I haven't been able to find a site.

squabble 5y ago
https://english.pravda.ru/ https://english.pravda.ru/
- JoeOfTexas 5y ago
  Might just be the translation, but their propaganda is so simple... Provide very little actual content.