Meduza

Also known as Медуза, meduza.io

Meduza (Russian: Медуза, named after the Greek mythological figure Medusa) is a Russian and English-language independent news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2014 by a group of former employees of the then-independent Lenta.ru news website. Free mobile applications for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android became the basis of the media.

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Vinony files it under 2014 establishments in Latvia, Bilingual newspapers and Google Play ID same as Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Newspaper.name: Meduza
Newspaper.logo: Meduza logo.svg
Newspaper.type: News website
Newspaper.owners: Galina Timchenko
Newspaper.founder: Galina Timchenko, Ivan Kolpakov, Ilya Krasilshchik
Newspaper.publisher: Galina Timchenko (since 2019)
Newspaper.general_manager: Galina Timchenko
Newspaper.chief_editor: Ivan Kolpakov
Newspaper.managing_editor: Kevin Rothrock
Newspaper.news_editor: Eilish Hart
Newspaper.language: RussianEnglish
Newspaper.headquarters: Riga, Latvia
Newspaper.website: Russian: English:

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Russian foreign agent law
Country: Latvia
Founded by: Galina Timchenko
Headquarters: Riga
Publisher: Galina Timchenko
Main subject: news
Creator: Galina Timchenko
Platform: iOS
Official website: meduza.io/en
Image: Meduza screenshot Valday.jpg

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language of work or name: Russian
inception: 2014-10-20
topic's main category: Category:Meduza
social media followers: 832000
Commons category: Meduza
Alexa rank: 2417
web feed URL: meduza.io/rss2/all
distributed by: App Store
operating system: Android
software version identifier: 1.1.14
data size: 35
privacy policy URL: meduza.io/feature/2018/05/22/kak-my-obrabatyvaem-vashi-personalnye-dannye-kotorye-hranyatsya-na-meduze
different from: Meduza
official donation page URL: support.meduza.io/en

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Funding
Structure
Audience
Censorship
Criticism
Awards
See also
References
External links

== History == In 2014, Galina Timchenko was fired from her job as chief editor at Lenta.ru by oligarch Alexander Mamut, a supporter of Vladimir Putin, after she had interviewed Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh. She launched the new webpage Meduza on 25 October 2014. Several former journalists of Lenta.ru joined the new online site.

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