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Essays DAGESTAN THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and during the ongoing war, questions about Russian civil society — its resistance (or the insufficiency of such), its defeat, its very existence — have been on many people’s minds. I suggest that we take a step back and look into something that has existed and, while on the brink of extinction today, has played an important role in forming societal discourse on a regional level: independent media in the republic of Dagestan.
Published in the printed edition of Baltic Worlds BW:2023 pp 4-9
Published on balticworlds.com on June 20, 2023
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and during the ongoing war, questions about Russian civil society — its resistance (or the insufficiency of such), its defeat, its very existence — have been on many people’s minds. I suggest that we take a step back and look into something that has existed and, while on the brink of extinction today, has played an important role in forming societal discourse on a regional level: independent media in the republic of Dagestan.
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by Elena Rodina
Holds a PhD from the Department of Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University. Her research examines the intersection of journalism and activism.
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