Al Jazeera is owned by Qatar. They seem to operate very independently, considering their owners. Qatar censors their Internet, and their outward culture is stan

Al Jazeera is owned by Qatar. They seem to operate very independently, considering their owners. Qatar censors their Internet, and their outward culture is standard Middle-Eastern Islamic fare (i.e. homophobic etc). [this always amuses me because statistically speaking, with no data to back it up, and based only on my observations, I would bet that Qatar has a higher percentage of LGBTQ population than any Western nation] AJ's journalists in Russia have been doing their best to ignore the insanity of the new media laws and get their message out there, against their own best interests, bless them. Which is weird because most of the Gulf has been neutral or pro-Russia in their stance so far. Disclaimer: My other half is Qatari and she will now have me "disappeared" for speaking badly of her homeland.